B737 CABIN ATTENDANTS REPORT PREPARATIONS FOR EMERGENCY LANDING WHEN INFORMED BY THE CAPT OF A HYDRAULIC EMERGENCY. ALL ENDS WELL WITH TOW TO THE GATE.
Synopsis
B737 CABIN ATTENDANTS REPORT PREPARATIONS FOR EMERGENCY LANDING WHEN INFORMED BY THE CAPT OF A HYDRAULIC EMERGENCY. ALL ENDS WELL WITH TOW TO THE GATE.
Narrative
LNDG AT XB00 AM. AT XA30 AM THE CAPT CALLED THE PURSER; I WAS BY 2L AND PICKED UP THE INTERPHONE. I HEARD THE CAPT SAY WE HAVE LOST MAIN HYDS THIS IS A CABIN ADVISORY. I TOLD MY FLYING PARTNER AND WENT TO FIRST CLASS TO ASK FOR THE MANIFEST. I WANTED TO KNOW IF WE HAD ANY CREW MEMBERS ONBOARD. SHE SHOWED ME THE MANIFEST AND POINTED OUT MIL JUMPSEATER SEATED IN CABIN AND SAYS AS I WAS GOING TO THEM THE CAPT MADE A PA THAT WE HAD LOST MAIN HYDS AND HAD 2 BACKUPS AND EXPECTED A NORMAL LNDG. I WENT TO JUMPSEATER SEATED IN CABIN AND ASKED HER IF SHE WAS A PLT WITH ACR. SHE WAS SITTING IN AN EXIT ROW. THEN I ASKED THE FLT ATTENDANT IF HE WOULD MOVE TO THE LAST ROW. I JUST WANTED ALL THE HELPERS I CAN GET. THE PAX IN THE LAST ROW SAID YES HE WOULD MOVE AND TOLD ME HE WAS A FIRE FIGHTER SO I DID NOT MOVE HIM; I INSTEAD MOVED THE FLT ATTENDANT WITH ANOTHER PAX INTO THE EXIT ROW. WE HAD A SAFE LNDG BUT WAS IN EVAC MODE. EVEN ON THE GND WE WERE LEAKING FLUID AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO GATE BECAUSE THE ENGS HAD TO BE OFF DUE TO FIRE EVEN ON A SUNNY DAY AT XB00 AM. BE READY.
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Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.