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B757 captain details situation where armed leos escorting a prisoner are onboard aircraft without proper paperwork or crew knowledge of their presence.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 800966 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200808 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | msl single value : 38000 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zzz.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 17000 flight time type : 4400 |
| ASRS Report | 800966 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far non adherence : company policies |
| Independent Detector | other other : 2 |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Passenger Human Performance Company |
| Primary Problem | Ambiguous |
Narrative:
Purser called and asked us if we were aware there was a handcuffed prisoner and law enforcement officers. We received no notification or paperwork from passenger service. We sent an ACARS message to the station with no response; and rechked the flight manual and sent notification to dispatch; who contacted operations manager who confirmed we should have been notified. Flight attendant passed a note to the law enforcement officer; and he came across very mad and irritated about our inquiry in finding out if he had the required forms. If you have a prisoner on board; with possible armed law enforcement officer escorts; it is a safety of flight issue and we should have known about it; so we could properly brief the purser and flight attendants as required by FARS and our flight manual. Dispatch sent a message back that passenger service representative dropped the ball; and was still awaiting a call back from operations -- just as I waited; without a reply.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B757 CAPT DETAILS SITUATION WHERE ARMED LEOS ESCORTING A PRISONER ARE ONBOARD ACFT WITHOUT PROPER PAPERWORK OR CREW KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR PRESENCE.
Narrative: PURSER CALLED AND ASKED US IF WE WERE AWARE THERE WAS A HANDCUFFED PRISONER AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. WE RECEIVED NO NOTIFICATION OR PAPERWORK FROM PAX SVC. WE SENT AN ACARS MESSAGE TO THE STATION WITH NO RESPONSE; AND RECHKED THE FLT MANUAL AND SENT NOTIFICATION TO DISPATCH; WHO CONTACTED OPS MGR WHO CONFIRMED WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. FLT ATTENDANT PASSED A NOTE TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER; AND HE CAME ACROSS VERY MAD AND IRRITATED ABOUT OUR INQUIRY IN FINDING OUT IF HE HAD THE REQUIRED FORMS. IF YOU HAVE A PRISONER ON BOARD; WITH POSSIBLE ARMED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER ESCORTS; IT IS A SAFETY OF FLT ISSUE AND WE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN ABOUT IT; SO WE COULD PROPERLY BRIEF THE PURSER AND FLT ATTENDANTS AS REQUIRED BY FARS AND OUR FLT MANUAL. DISPATCH SENT A MESSAGE BACK THAT PAX SVC REPRESENTATIVE DROPPED THE BALL; AND WAS STILL AWAITING A CALL BACK FROM OPS -- JUST AS I WAITED; WITHOUT A REPLY.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 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.