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Flight attendant report on an inebriated passenger that passed out on a flight and was finally removed via a wheel chair after landing at destination airport in lax, ca.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 511330 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200105 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lax.airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty |
| Qualification | flight attendant : currently qualified flight attendant aircraft qualified on : 7 |
| Experience | flight attendant time airline total : 9 flight attendant time total : 11 flight attendant time type : 98 |
| ASRS Report | 511330 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | cabin event : passenger illness cabin event : passenger misconduct |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Passenger Human Performance Cabin Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Passenger Human Performance |
Narrative:
The passenger involved had 4 glasses of wine, each served by a different flight attendant. She became intoxicated, started to cry, wouldn't let us help her and laid down on her seat. She was face down and then passed out when we noticed she had vomited all over the floor. We tried to wake her, but couldn't. We asked a doctor to check her out to see if she was ok. He said she was and that she would be fine. The purser, flight attendant, decided to have paramedics meet the flight. They did. She was awake at that point and was taken off the aircraft by wheelchair. I did not feel it was necessary to call paramedics. Neither did the doctor. She was a small girl who had too much to drink and wanted to go home with the woman she met on the flight that was sitting in front of her.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLT ATTENDANT RPT ON AN INEBRIATED PAX THAT PASSED OUT ON A FLT AND WAS FINALLY REMOVED VIA A WHEEL CHAIR AFTER LNDG AT DEST ARPT IN LAX, CA.
Narrative: THE PAX INVOLVED HAD 4 GLASSES OF WINE, EACH SERVED BY A DIFFERENT FLT ATTENDANT. SHE BECAME INTOXICATED, STARTED TO CRY, WOULDN'T LET US HELP HER AND LAID DOWN ON HER SEAT. SHE WAS FACE DOWN AND THEN PASSED OUT WHEN WE NOTICED SHE HAD VOMITED ALL OVER THE FLOOR. WE TRIED TO WAKE HER, BUT COULDN'T. WE ASKED A DOCTOR TO CHK HER OUT TO SEE IF SHE WAS OK. HE SAID SHE WAS AND THAT SHE WOULD BE FINE. THE PURSER, FLT ATTENDANT, DECIDED TO HAVE PARAMEDICS MEET THE FLT. THEY DID. SHE WAS AWAKE AT THAT POINT AND WAS TAKEN OFF THE ACFT BY WHEELCHAIR. I DID NOT FEEL IT WAS NECESSARY TO CALL PARAMEDICS. NEITHER DID THE DOCTOR. SHE WAS A SMALL GIRL WHO HAD TOO MUCH TO DRINK AND WANTED TO GO HOME WITH THE WOMAN SHE MET ON THE FLT THAT WAS SITTING IN FRONT OF HER.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.