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Cabin attendant attempts to prevent caterers from opening a cabin door while it is armed resulting in partial slide deployment.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 722658 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200612 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A319 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty |
| ASRS Report | 722658 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : company policies non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other other : 1 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Company |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
Upon arrival; we waited an extended amount of time for the jetbridge. So the 'disarm doors for arrival' announcement had not been made. However; catering arrived shortly thereafter. My flying partner and I were standing up waiting for arrival and deplaning procedures when I noticed catering outside of door 2R. I looked to the window shaking my head and motioning no with my hands. Then I saw the door handle moving upward. I ran to the door as my flying partner yelled; 'disarm; disarm.' I was in a panic thinking quickly to move the disarm lever upward; but I was staring at the door handle; which I then moved up instead. The door swung open and the slide inflated. It did not fully inflate. There were no injuries. Since the incident; I have come to realize that the door handle on the airbus is identical to the handle on the embraer 145; which I previously worked on. I was trained to move the handle upward when people were an arm's length from the door to avoid injury.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CABIN ATTENDANT ATTEMPTS TO PREVENT CATERERS FROM OPENING A CABIN DOOR WHILE IT IS ARMED RESULTING IN PARTIAL SLIDE DEPLOYMENT.
Narrative: UPON ARR; WE WAITED AN EXTENDED AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE JETBRIDGE. SO THE 'DISARM DOORS FOR ARR' ANNOUNCEMENT HAD NOT BEEN MADE. HOWEVER; CATERING ARRIVED SHORTLY THEREAFTER. MY FLYING PARTNER AND I WERE STANDING UP WAITING FOR ARR AND DEPLANING PROCS WHEN I NOTICED CATERING OUTSIDE OF DOOR 2R. I LOOKED TO THE WINDOW SHAKING MY HEAD AND MOTIONING NO WITH MY HANDS. THEN I SAW THE DOOR HANDLE MOVING UPWARD. I RAN TO THE DOOR AS MY FLYING PARTNER YELLED; 'DISARM; DISARM.' I WAS IN A PANIC THINKING QUICKLY TO MOVE THE DISARM LEVER UPWARD; BUT I WAS STARING AT THE DOOR HANDLE; WHICH I THEN MOVED UP INSTEAD. THE DOOR SWUNG OPEN AND THE SLIDE INFLATED. IT DID NOT FULLY INFLATE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. SINCE THE INCIDENT; I HAVE COME TO REALIZE THAT THE DOOR HANDLE ON THE AIRBUS IS IDENTICAL TO THE HANDLE ON THE EMBRAER 145; WHICH I PREVIOUSLY WORKED ON. I WAS TRAINED TO MOVE THE HANDLE UPWARD WHEN PEOPLE WERE AN ARM'S LENGTH FROM THE DOOR TO AVOID INJURY.
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.