A B757 flight attendant reported that the passenger had a strange subdued reaction during an evacuate/evacuation briefing before returning to spim, first officer, for landing.

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Attributes
ACN	588477
Time
Date	200307
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	airport : spim.airport
State Reference	FO
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Boeing Company Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Experience	flight attendant time airline total : 15 flight attendant time total : 15 flight attendant time type : 10
ASRS Report	588477
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical cabin event : passenger misconduct non adherence : published procedure other anomaly
Independent Detector	other other : 1
Resolutory Action	aircraft : evacuated flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : landed in emergency condition
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft Passenger Human Performance
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Oil leaking from engine came into air conditioning system. Cabin very 'hazy.' lavatory alarms went off. (All lavatories). We were 20 mins out. Returned to spim, first officer. Normal landing. Met by emergency crews. When briefing passenger at door exits, passenger wanted to disarm doors before opening them. They thought the color 'green' meant 'go.' one sees this 'red' and 'green' on arm/disarm handle area. It was rather difficult to convince passenger that they only had to use door handle to open door. (These were passenger whose primary language was english.) we also had to create a bit of 'urgency' in the passenger. (It was a night flight.) they were too confident that 'nothing could happen.) 1) passenger asked for a coke during emergency briefings. 2) passenger more concerned about missing connections than emergency landing. 3) after normal landing (during deplaning) passenger wanted to know what happened. Was so sleepy, he couldn't stay awake. 4) most passenger were alert and there were many 'thank you's' for a safe landing and a 'professional' handling of the flight. (Our spanish speaker was absolutely indispensable.)

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B757 FLT ATTENDANT RPTED THAT THE PAX HAD A STRANGE SUBDUED REACTION DURING AN EVAC BRIEFING BEFORE RETURNING TO SPIM, FO, FOR LNDG.

Narrative: OIL LEAKING FROM ENG CAME INTO AIR CONDITIONING SYS. CABIN VERY 'HAZY.' LAVATORY ALARMS WENT OFF. (ALL LAVATORIES). WE WERE 20 MINS OUT. RETURNED TO SPIM, FO. NORMAL LNDG. MET BY EMER CREWS. WHEN BRIEFING PAX AT DOOR EXITS, PAX WANTED TO DISARM DOORS BEFORE OPENING THEM. THEY THOUGHT THE COLOR 'GREEN' MEANT 'GO.' ONE SEES THIS 'RED' AND 'GREEN' ON ARM/DISARM HANDLE AREA. IT WAS RATHER DIFFICULT TO CONVINCE PAX THAT THEY ONLY HAD TO USE DOOR HANDLE TO OPEN DOOR. (THESE WERE PAX WHOSE PRIMARY LANGUAGE WAS ENGLISH.) WE ALSO HAD TO CREATE A BIT OF 'URGENCY' IN THE PAX. (IT WAS A NIGHT FLT.) THEY WERE TOO CONFIDENT THAT 'NOTHING COULD HAPPEN.) 1) PAX ASKED FOR A COKE DURING EMER BRIEFINGS. 2) PAX MORE CONCERNED ABOUT MISSING CONNECTIONS THAN EMER LNDG. 3) AFTER NORMAL LNDG (DURING DEPLANING) PAX WANTED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. WAS SO SLEEPY, HE COULDN'T STAY AWAKE. 4) MOST PAX WERE ALERT AND THERE WERE MANY 'THANK YOU'S' FOR A SAFE LNDG AND A 'PROFESSIONAL' HANDLING OF THE FLT. (OUR SPANISH SPEAKER WAS ABSOLUTELY INDISPENSABLE.)

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.