A300 PAX WAS DRUNK; DRINKING FROM HER OWN BOTTLE; AND DISROBED WHILE INFLT; IN CARIBBEAN OCEANIC AIRSPACE.
Synopsis
A300 PAX WAS DRUNK; DRINKING FROM HER OWN BOTTLE; AND DISROBED WHILE INFLT; IN CARIBBEAN OCEANIC AIRSPACE.
Narrative
I WAS APCHING THE MID-GALLEY VIA THE R AISLE WHEN THIS FEMALE PAX APCHED ME SPEAKING SPANISH. I DO NOT SPEAK SPANISH. HOWEVER; BY HER HAND GESTURES SHE WANTED TO SMOKE. A MALE PAX SITTING ACROSS THE AISLE FROM HER CAME TO MY ASSISTANCE TO TRANSLATE. HE SAID SHE WANTED TO SMOKE. WHEN WE TOLD HER NO; SHE BECAME A LITTLE LOUDER AND BEGAN TO GET ANIMATED. I ASKED THE PAX IF HE WOULD KEEP AN EYE ON HER WHILE I GOT THE PURSER WHO SPOKE SPANISH. THE PURSER RETURNED AND SPOKE TO THE PAX WHO WAS THEN SEATED IN HER ASSIGNED SEAT. SHE PROCEEDED TO TAKE HER UNDERWEAR OFF AND BECAME LOUDER IN HER CHAIR. I RETURNED TO MY DUTIES. LATER ON IN THE FLT; THE PAX URINATED ON THE FLOOR IN FRONT OF HER SEAT. WE REQUESTED THE CAPT TO GIVE US HAND RESTRAINTS AND HE DID NOT THINK IT WAS A GOOD IDEA AS WE WOULD BE LNDG SHORTLY. THE PAX SETTLED DOWN AND FELL ASLEEP. DURING THE FLT IT HAD BECOME OBVIOUS THAT THE PAX HAD BECOME INTOXICATED. NONE OF THE FLT ATTENDANTS HAD SERVED ANY LIQUOR TO HER. IT WAS FOUND IN HER SEAT A LARGE BOTTLE OF RUM THAT SHE HAD CONSUMED IN ITS ENTIRETY. WHEN THE PLANE LANDED; THE PAX WAS SOUND ASLEEP IN HER SEAT AND REMAINED THAT WAY EVEN AS THE AUTHS BOARDED THE PLANE. I LEFT THE PLANE WITH THE PAX SOUND ASLEEP AND THE AUTHS ONBOARD. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 529192: ON FLT XXX FROM ZZZ; FO; TO JFK ON NOV/FRI/01; A PAX WAS INTOXICATED ONBOARD. SHE BROUGHT HER OWN BOTTLE OF RUM (HIDING FROM FLT ATTENDANTS). I WAS NOT DIRECTLY INVOLVED BUT I WITNESSED THE PAX'S BEHAVIOR IN FRONT OF OTHER PAX WHO WERE SITTING NEXT TO HER. THIS WOMAN WAS SEATED IN XA ON THIS FLT. SHE WAS INCOHERENT; TOOK HER PANTIES OFF IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY; SCREAMING. I CONTINUED SVC WITH OTHER FLT ATTENDANTS WHILE FLT ATTENDANT #1 WAS TAKING CARE OF SIT. ONE OF THE FLT ATTENDANTS TOOK THE BOTTLE OF RUM AWAY FROM HER.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.