1998-08 · NASA ASRS report 413250
FLT ATTENDANT RPT REGARDING A DECOMPRESSION PROB WITH EMER DSCNT. DUE TO THE INCIDENT; FLT ATTENDANT COMPLAINED OF LIGHT HEAD AND DIZZINESS; AND WAS REMOVED FROM TRIP.
THE ONLY PROB I EXPERIENCED WAS MY OXYGEN. WHEN I GOT IT OUT OF THE COMPARTMENT; THERE WERE A LOT OF RUBBER BANDS AROUND IT. I COULDN'T GET THEM UNDONE. I HAD TO TAKE OXYGEN FROM OVERHEAD. THE #3 FLT ATTENDANT HELPED ME GET THE RUBBER BANDS OFF AND THEN I COULD USE THE OXYGEN. I WAS TALKING WITH SOME FIRST CLASS PAX WHEN THE #3 FLT ATTENDANT TOLD ME THAT THE CAPT SAID THE MASKS MIGHT DROP. I WENT TO THE COCKPIT AND THEY HAD THEIR MASKS ON. HE TOLD ME THAT HE WAS DROPPING THE MASKS AND WE SHOULD TAKE OXYGEN. I CALLED THE FLT ATTENDANTS IN BACK. THE CAPT MADE A PA. I TURNED THE LIGHTS ON BRIGHT -- WENT FOR THE OXYGEN; ENDED UP USING A MASK; MADE MY PA AND THEN WE CHKED THE PAX. IT FELT LIKE WE WERE DSNDING GRADUALLY; BUT WHEN THE MASKS DROPPED WE DSNDED FASTER. THE CAPT SAID THAT THE AIR CONDITIONING PACK HAD SHUT DOWN AND THE BACK-UP WASN'T WORKING RIGHT. WE CONTINUED TO BOS. NO PAX WERE INJURED. #2 FLT ATTENDANT (WHO IS ON BLOOD PRESSURE MEDICINE) FELT LIGHTHEADED AND DIZZY. SHE WAS REMOVED FROM THE TRIP.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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