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Flight crew announced to the cabin that they were returning to dfw because the aircraft WX radar was OTS.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 525450 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200109 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : zfw.artcc |
| State Reference | TX |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727-200 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty |
| Qualification | flight attendant : currently qualified flight attendant aircraft qualified on : 5 |
| Experience | flight attendant time airline total : 15 flight attendant time total : 15 |
| ASRS Report | 525450 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Weather |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
About 1 hour out captain made a PA that we would be returning to dfw because our WX radar was malfunctioning. Went back to dfw and changed airplanes.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLT CREW ANNOUNCED TO THE CABIN THAT THEY WERE RETURNING TO DFW BECAUSE THE ACFT WX RADAR WAS OTS.
Narrative: ABOUT 1 HR OUT CAPT MADE A PA THAT WE WOULD BE RETURNING TO DFW BECAUSE OUR WX RADAR WAS MALFUNCTIONING. WENT BACK TO DFW AND CHANGED AIRPLANES.
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.