SF340 flight attendant reports pressurization spike while aircraft is taxiing. Corrective action tak...

Narrative:

Extreme horrendous spike in aircraft pressurization. Lasting an extremely unusual amount of time. No response from flight deck. Kept trying to call them. I even got out of my jumpseat and banged with my fist on the cockpit door. No one was answering. My passengers were hailing me. I advised them that crew was working on situation of aircraft pressure. Advised them to massage their ears and to move their jaws and to keep swallowing and a chewing motion going. Went again back to phone and again tried to reach cockpit. My passenger's baby had already shrieked at this time. Passengers were crying. Horrible; awful. Finally got a response from the cockpit. They explained spike in pressurization. I explained to my miserable passengers. They came on speaker and apologized for aircraft pressurization. Now under control. Do not remember the time. Crew was working on it but should be something that could be done much faster.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SF340 Flight Attendant reports pressurization spike while aircraft is taxiing. Corrective action takes some time causing extreme discomfort to the passengers and crew.

Narrative: Extreme horrendous spike in aircraft pressurization. Lasting an extremely unusual amount of time. No response from flight deck. Kept trying to call them. I even got out of my jumpseat and banged with my fist on the cockpit door. No one was answering. My passengers were hailing me. I advised them that crew was working on situation of aircraft pressure. Advised them to massage their ears and to move their jaws and to keep swallowing and a chewing motion going. Went again back to phone and again tried to reach cockpit. My passenger's baby had already shrieked at this time. Passengers were crying. Horrible; awful. Finally got a response from the cockpit. They explained spike in pressurization. I explained to my miserable passengers. They came on speaker and apologized for aircraft pressurization. Now under control. Do not remember the time. Crew was working on it but should be something that could be done much faster.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

Attributes
ACN	853161
Time
Date	200908
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Saab-Scania Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Pressurization Control System
Person 1
Function	Flight Attendant In Charge
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

SF340 flight attendant reports pressurization spike while aircraft is taxiing. Corrective action takes some time causing extreme discomfort to the passengers and crew.