FLT ATTENDANT RPT; A300; PAP-JFK; SEATBELT SIGN; TURB; INTOXICATED PAX IN LAVATORY; FONDLING HIMSELF IN LAVATORY AND IN AISLE.

1999-03 · NASA ASRS report 434818

Date: 1999-03 · Aircraft: A300 · Phase: cruise

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|flight-deck-cabin-aircraft-event-other-unknown|flight-deck-cabin-aircraft-event-passenger-misconduct

Synopsis

FLT ATTENDANT RPT; A300; PAP-JFK; SEATBELT SIGN; TURB; INTOXICATED PAX IN LAVATORY; FONDLING HIMSELF IN LAVATORY AND IN AISLE.

Narrative

AFTER COMPLETING OUR BEVERAGE AND MEAL SVC; WE HIT TURB. FLT ATTENDANTS #3; #4; AND #7 WERE IN THE VICINITY OF THE AFT GALLEY. WE IMMEDIATELY RAN FOR EMPTY PAX SEATS AND BUCKLED OUR SEATBELTS. DURING THIS TIME WE HEARD A MALE PAX SCREAMING IN THE LAVATORY. WE ALL JUMPED UP AND RAN TO THE LAVATORY. FLT ATTENDANT #3 KEPT ASKING 'ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?' BUT HE KEPT SCREAMING. FLT ATTENDANT #3 TRIED TO OPEN THE DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE WITH HER COCKPIT KEY; BUT THE PAX WAS LEANING AGAINST THE DOOR. FLT ATTENDANT #4 AND I PUSHED IN ON THE DOOR WHILE FLT ATTENDANT #3 OPENED THE DOOR WITH HER COCKPIT KEY. ONCE WE ESTABLISHED THE PAX WASN'T HURT; FLT ATTENDANT #4 AND I SAT DOWN. FLT ATTENDANT #3 WAS THE CLOSEST AND SPOKE TO HIM TO MAKE SURE HE WAS OK. WHEN FLT ATTENDANT #3 SHUT THE DOOR HE YELLED 'OF COURSE I'M OK YOU STUPID BITCH.' FLT ATTENDANT #3 PUSHED THE DOOR OPEN AND SAID 'WHAT DID YOU SAY?' THE PAX SAID NOTHING. FLT ATTENDANT #3 EXPLAINED WE ALL HEARD HIM SCREAM AND WE THOUGHT HE WAS INJURED AND FELL AGAINST THE DOOR WHEN WE COULDN'T OPEN IT. FLT ATTENDANT #3 RETURNED TO HER SEAT. WHEN THE MALE PAX CAME OUT OF THE LAVATORY; HE STOPPED IN THE AISLE L-HAND SIDE AND HE FONDLED HIS GENITALS AND HE KEPT SAYING OVER AND OVER 'IT'S A HAITIAN THING.' WE ALL TOLD HIM TO SIT DOWN AND FASTEN HIS SEATBELT; IT'S TURBULENT; BUT HE JUST STOOD THERE FONDLING HIMSELF AND TELLING US 'IT'S A HAITIAN THING.' YES; HE WAS DRINKING OUT OF HIS OWN BOTTLE. YES; THE FLT SVC DIRECTOR TOLD HIM TO PUT IT AWAY OR IT WOULD BE TAKEN AWAY. THE PURSER AND SEVERAL FLT ATTENDANTS TOLD HIM THE SAME SO HE GAVE IT TO ANOTHER PAX AND THEY BOTH DRANK. YES; ALCOHOL WAS THE PROB.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.

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