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ATR42 cabin crew is concerned with the excessive high temperature of the cabin and its safety implications.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 707036 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200608 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzzz.airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | ATR 42 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty |
| Qualification | flight attendant : currently qualified flight attendant aircraft qualified on : 1 |
| Experience | flight attendant time airline total : 1 flight attendant time total : 1 flight attendant time type : 100 |
| ASRS Report | 707036 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | cabin event other |
| Independent Detector | other other : 1 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
This report is to address a safety issue that is very common amongst the super ATR72. Last saturday; flight departed at XX40. The gpu that was connected to the aircraft was not working very well resulting in a really hot cabin. Temperature in the cabin was so hot that you could not feel the air conditioning working at all; to the point that you literally felt as if you were about to melt; passenger were complaining about the cabin being so hot and the fact that throughout the flight the cabin did not cool down at all. Same thing happened on another flight. I strongly believe that working on such conditions is not safe either for us flight attendant as well as our passenger.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ATR42 CABIN CREW IS CONCERNED WITH THE EXCESSIVE HIGH TEMP OF THE CABIN AND ITS SAFETY IMPLICATIONS.
Narrative: THIS RPT IS TO ADDRESS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT IS VERY COMMON AMONGST THE SUPER ATR72. LAST SATURDAY; FLT DEPARTED AT XX40. THE GPU THAT WAS CONNECTED TO THE ACFT WAS NOT WORKING VERY WELL RESULTING IN A REALLY HOT CABIN. TEMP IN THE CABIN WAS SO HOT THAT YOU COULD NOT FEEL THE AIR CONDITIONING WORKING AT ALL; TO THE POINT THAT YOU LITERALLY FELT AS IF YOU WERE ABOUT TO MELT; PAX WERE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE CABIN BEING SO HOT AND THE FACT THAT THROUGHOUT THE FLT THE CABIN DID NOT COOL DOWN AT ALL. SAME THING HAPPENED ON ANOTHER FLT. I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT WORKING ON SUCH CONDITIONS IS NOT SAFE EITHER FOR US FLT ATTENDANT AS WELL AS OUR PAX.
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.