Narrative:

The flight arrived at lax late following a lengthy delay that eventually resulted in an aircraft swap. When we arrived at the gate; the ground crew had us hold out in the alley. Eventually; we received the signal to taxi the jet to the gate. When we got at the gate; the gate agent was unable to move the jetway to the jet. Maintenance was called to fix the unresponsive gate; thus we incurred yet another delay. Our flight was at the gate; doors closed; and with the jetway 8-10 ft away from the aircraft. The seatbelt sign was off and the anti-collision light was still on. The ACARS had not closed out the flight with an arrival time because all the doors were still closed. As we sat in this condition; waiting for maintenance to repair the faulty jetway; the fueler plugged into the fuel system and began to upload fuel for the outbound flight. We were at the gate; with the jetway moved away from the aircraft; anti-collision light still on; APU running; still loaded with the inbound passenger without a normal or emergency exit door open. To fuel the aircraft with passenger on board we must have an open exit.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MD80 FLT CREW WHILE HOLDING SHORT WAITING FOR THE JETWAY HAS IMPROPER FUELING OF THE ACFT.

Narrative: THE FLT ARRIVED AT LAX LATE FOLLOWING A LENGTHY DELAY THAT EVENTUALLY RESULTED IN AN ACFT SWAP. WHEN WE ARRIVED AT THE GATE; THE GND CREW HAD US HOLD OUT IN THE ALLEY. EVENTUALLY; WE RECEIVED THE SIGNAL TO TAXI THE JET TO THE GATE. WHEN WE GOT AT THE GATE; THE GATE AGENT WAS UNABLE TO MOVE THE JETWAY TO THE JET. MAINT WAS CALLED TO FIX THE UNRESPONSIVE GATE; THUS WE INCURRED YET ANOTHER DELAY. OUR FLT WAS AT THE GATE; DOORS CLOSED; AND WITH THE JETWAY 8-10 FT AWAY FROM THE ACFT. THE SEATBELT SIGN WAS OFF AND THE ANTI-COLLISION LIGHT WAS STILL ON. THE ACARS HAD NOT CLOSED OUT THE FLT WITH AN ARR TIME BECAUSE ALL THE DOORS WERE STILL CLOSED. AS WE SAT IN THIS CONDITION; WAITING FOR MAINT TO REPAIR THE FAULTY JETWAY; THE FUELER PLUGGED INTO THE FUEL SYS AND BEGAN TO UPLOAD FUEL FOR THE OUTBOUND FLT. WE WERE AT THE GATE; WITH THE JETWAY MOVED AWAY FROM THE ACFT; ANTI-COLLISION LIGHT STILL ON; APU RUNNING; STILL LOADED WITH THE INBOUND PAX WITHOUT A NORMAL OR EMER EXIT DOOR OPEN. TO FUEL THE ACFT WITH PAX ON BOARD WE MUST HAVE AN OPEN EXIT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.