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Flight attendant reports passenger urinating on meal cart after waiting 2 minutes for the lav to open.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 736980 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200704 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-800 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty |
| Experience | flight attendant time airline total : 16 flight attendant time total : 16 flight attendant time type : 30 |
| ASRS Report | 736980 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | observation : passenger |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | cabin event : passenger misconduct |
| Independent Detector | other other : 1 |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Passenger Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Passenger Human Performance |
Narrative:
Passenger came forward from seat to use lavatory. Lavatory was occupied. Passenger waited 1-2 mins before urinating on first class meal cart and forward entry area. When lavatory opened; he went in. Upon exit; I explained severity of the occurrence and asked for identify to fill out reports. I notified the captain and passenger was detained on arrival in ZZZ. Interesting to note: not one single person from flight service or our air carrier has contacted me about the incident involving bodily fluids.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTS PASSENGER URINATING ON MEAL CART AFTER WAITING 2 MINUTES FOR THE LAV TO OPEN.
Narrative: PAX CAME FORWARD FROM SEAT TO USE LAVATORY. LAVATORY WAS OCCUPIED. PAX WAITED 1-2 MINS BEFORE URINATING ON FIRST CLASS MEAL CART AND FORWARD ENTRY AREA. WHEN LAVATORY OPENED; HE WENT IN. UPON EXIT; I EXPLAINED SEVERITY OF THE OCCURRENCE AND ASKED FOR IDENT TO FILL OUT RPTS. I NOTIFIED THE CAPT AND PAX WAS DETAINED ON ARR IN ZZZ. INTERESTING TO NOTE: NOT ONE SINGLE PERSON FROM FLT SVC OR OUR ACR HAS CONTACTED ME ABOUT THE INCIDENT INVOLVING BODILY FLUIDS.
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.