Passenger misconduct: ASRS Database
Jan 9, 2007 | 6:18 pm
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Passenger misconduct: ASRS Database
I just stumbled across this document while doing a Google search for something else. These are reports filed by airline pilots and flight attendants about passenger misconduct incidents. The database is maintained by NASA. There's some really wild and crazy stuff here. I hope you have some fun reading it.
http://asrs.arc.nasa.gov/report_sets/pax.pdf
http://asrs.arc.nasa.gov/report_sets/pax.pdf
Jan 9, 2007 | 7:43 pm
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I haven't read them in a while but there was one LONG story about a guy not feeling well. That turned into, they guy going into cardiac arrest twice (IIRC) and then finally dying. IIRC it was on a flight from DFW to Hawaii. They were out over the ocean, had to fly back 2-3 hours with the dead body on the floor. Then had the police interogate the other passengers for a couple of hours still with the body on the floor. The last sentence was about another passenger seeing the dead guy doing cocaine in the bathroom before the flight.
BTW, the NASA reports can be filled out by anyone and are completely anonymous. I also recommend reading the one about Personal electronic devices.
BTW, the NASA reports can be filled out by anyone and are completely anonymous. I also recommend reading the one about Personal electronic devices.
Jan 9, 2007 | 8:30 pm
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That would be Gerald Finneran, and his story is quite interesting, and ends rather sadly
Jan 9, 2007 | 11:30 pm
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That would be Gerald Finneran, and his story is quite interesting, and ends rather sadly
I don't mean to disrespect the dead but few of us could hope to leave something so hilarious in our wake. If there is a heaven, I am sure he is still teased to this day about it and is laughing his a** off about the whole thing. I would be.
I hope, when I die, I can say I did something so outrageous, especially in front of the president of portugal
Jan 10, 2007 | 5:58 am
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I was surprised how many of the described incidents really got out of control as a consequence of the airline staff actively evading the upset passenger (looking away, walking away, not responding to call signs...). I think some of those flight attendants would have been fired had they worked for some Asian airlines.
HTB.
HTB.
Jan 10, 2007 | 10:03 am
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If you go up one level, you can see all of the report sets, some of the others are also quite interesting. Cabin.pdf are mostly various FA reports. Ped.pdf are personal electronics related issues.
OTOH, many are quite technical and not of general interest.
OTOH, many are quite technical and not of general interest.