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A320 flight and cabin crew describe a break away from the tug during pushback that results in flight attendant injuries and a ferry flight back to base. During the ferry flight the flight attendants do not sit in their jump seats.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 988453 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201201 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 220 Flight Crew Total 9000 Flight Crew Type 7000 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 19000 Flight Crew Type 4900 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
During pushback; the aircraft came to an abrupt halt. I asked the captain and he said there was a breakaway from the tow bar and he applied the brakes to avoid rolling into an active taxiway. (As first officer I do not monitor cockpit to ground communication during pushback.) the aircraft rolled about 15 ft from the tow bar. I queried the purser and she said the 2 flight attendants in the back were mildly injured (possible bruised back; stiff neck; injured hand). We returned to the gate for a maintenance inspection of the nose gear and no damage was found. The captain called the duty manager and the decision was made that the 2 injured flight attendants would not continue as working crew members.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A320 flight and cabin crew describe a break away from the tug during pushback that results in Flight Attendant injuries and a ferry flight back to base. During the ferry flight the flight attendants do not sit in their jump seats.
Narrative: During pushback; the aircraft came to an abrupt halt. I asked the Captain and he said there was a breakaway from the tow bar and he applied the brakes to avoid rolling into an active taxiway. (As First Officer I do not monitor cockpit to ground communication during pushback.) The aircraft rolled about 15 FT from the tow bar. I queried the Purser and she said the 2 flight attendants in the back were mildly injured (possible bruised back; stiff neck; injured hand). We returned to the gate for a maintenance inspection of the nose gear and no damage was found. The Captain called the Duty Manager and the decision was made that the 2 injured flight attendants would not continue as working crew members.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.