B767 FLIGHT ATTENDANT LEARNS AFTER THE FACT THAT A COCKPIT WINDOW SHATTERED DURING DESCENT AND MAY HAVE CAUSED PRESSURIZATION ISSUES.

2008-08 · NASA ASRS report 803428

Date: 2008-08 · Aircraft: B767-200 · Phase: descent

Anomalies: aircraft-equipment-problem-critical

Synopsis

B767 FLIGHT ATTENDANT LEARNS AFTER THE FACT THAT A COCKPIT WINDOW SHATTERED DURING DESCENT AND MAY HAVE CAUSED PRESSURIZATION ISSUES.

Narrative

DURING DSCNT THE PRESSURE FELT OFF. NOT NORMAL. A WHOOSHING SOUND AT 3L DOOR. HVY PRESSURE FELT BUT NOT LIKE ANYTHING DESCRIBED IN MANUAL. CABIN TEMP BECAME VERY HOT FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THEN IT STABILIZED. CALLED COCKPIT TO RPT AND WAS TOLD THEY HAD ISSUES. NEVER WAS TOLD ANYTHING UNTIL FLT SVC MET THE PLANE AND WE SAW EMER VEHICLES EVERYWHERE -- STILL NOT KNOWING IT WAS FOR US. WAS INFORMED UPON DOOR OPENING THAT WINDSHIELD SHATTERED AND WE HAD A DECOMPRESSION -- THAT'S WHAT THEY (FLT SVC) TOLD US. I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN INFORMED. TO BE NOT INFORMED IS VERY DISTURBING TO ME. IT SEEMS TO BE A MAJOR EVENT WHEN THE WINDOW SHATTERS. I REALIZE THE CAPT WAS BUSY BUT WE STILL SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN ON IT -- IN CASE WE NEEDED TO MAKE OUR OWN PLAN OF ACTION. VERY DISAPPOINTED IN MY AIRLINE -- THEY COULDN'T EVEN CALL ME AND LET ME KNOW THE DETAILS OF THE EVENT. THEY THOUGHT IT WAS A 'MEDICAL.' NO DEBRIEF WAS CONDUCTED; WE ALL JUST LEFT THE ACFT; WENT ON OUR MERRY WAY. I'VE BEEN IN 2 EMER LNDGS BEFORE AND WAS INFORMED OF EVERYTHING GOING ON. WHY NOT THIS ONE? VERY DISTURBING.

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

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