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A B777 flight attendant reported that turbulence prevented her from buckling her harness as the inertial reel kept locking during the jolts.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 581535 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200305 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : zkc.artcc |
| State Reference | KS |
| Environment | |
| Weather Elements | Turbulence |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zkc.artcc tower : sdf.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B777-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| 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 : 4 |
| Experience | flight attendant time airline total : 19 flight attendant time total : 19 flight attendant time type : 30 |
| ASRS Report | 581535 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : turbulence |
| Independent Detector | other other : 1 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Cabin Crew Human Performance Weather Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Weather |
Narrative:
2 separate incidents of turbulence as we were preparing to serve passenger a beverage. No PA from cockpit either time. No warning either time. No callback to check on flight attendants or passenger from cockpit. I was flight attendant #6 working with flight attendants #1 and #5. We held on to hand rails in the galley of first class to support ourselves. Then made our way to jump seats while being jostled around. The second round of turbulence was more severe. My feet came off the floor. Could not move to a jump seat, as we needed to hold on to hand rails in first class galley. Finally moved to a jump seat, yet could not buckle in as harness would lock up. A flight attendant in the back, who was pregnant, was unable to get into her jump seat. The coach flight attendant, notified the captain that this flight attendant was concerned for her baby. Upon landing, paramedics met the flight. Her blood pressure was elevated. I drove her to the emergency room at the local hospital.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B777 FLT ATTENDANT RPTED THAT TURB PREVENTED HER FROM BUCKLING HER HARNESS AS THE INERTIAL REEL KEPT LOCKING DURING THE JOLTS.
Narrative: 2 SEPARATE INCIDENTS OF TURB AS WE WERE PREPARING TO SERVE PAX A BEVERAGE. NO PA FROM COCKPIT EITHER TIME. NO WARNING EITHER TIME. NO CALLBACK TO CHK ON FLT ATTENDANTS OR PAX FROM COCKPIT. I WAS FLT ATTENDANT #6 WORKING WITH FLT ATTENDANTS #1 AND #5. WE HELD ON TO HAND RAILS IN THE GALLEY OF FIRST CLASS TO SUPPORT OURSELVES. THEN MADE OUR WAY TO JUMP SEATS WHILE BEING JOSTLED AROUND. THE SECOND ROUND OF TURB WAS MORE SEVERE. MY FEET CAME OFF THE FLOOR. COULD NOT MOVE TO A JUMP SEAT, AS WE NEEDED TO HOLD ON TO HAND RAILS IN FIRST CLASS GALLEY. FINALLY MOVED TO A JUMP SEAT, YET COULD NOT BUCKLE IN AS HARNESS WOULD LOCK UP. A FLT ATTENDANT IN THE BACK, WHO WAS PREGNANT, WAS UNABLE TO GET INTO HER JUMP SEAT. THE COACH FLT ATTENDANT, NOTIFIED THE CAPT THAT THIS FLT ATTENDANT WAS CONCERNED FOR HER BABY. UPON LNDG, PARAMEDICS MET THE FLT. HER BLOOD PRESSURE WAS ELEVATED. I DROVE HER TO THE EMER ROOM AT THE LCL HOSPITAL.
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.