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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 717-200 · Akron, OH · August 8, 2004

Date
August 8, 2004
Place
Akron, OH
Airport
Akron-Canton Regional
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
ZZDA
Aircraft
N906AT
Reported as
Boeing 717200
People aboard
125
Fatal injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Seat on aircraft was stained with blood from previous passenger. Flight attendants blocked seat. Passenger attempted to place luggage in blocked seat. When verbally and physically (hand on shoulder) directed away from biohazard area passenger hit flight attendant in face. Passengers husband also interfered with flight attendant. Flight attendant continued flight, but later complained of facial pain and eye swelling and received follow up care of x rays and pain medication at local hospital at destination. privacy data omitted Principal inspector notified. Poi advised geographic FSDO, where event occurred, to conduct investigation.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) SEAT ON AIRCRAFT WAS STAINED WITH BLOOD FROM PREVIOUS PASSENGER. FLIGHT ATTENDANTS BLOCKED SEAT. PASSENGER ATTEMPTED TO PLACE LUGGAGE IN BLOCKED SEAT. WHEN VERBALLY AND PHYSICALLY (HAND ON SHOULDER) DIRECTED AWAY FROM BIOHAZARD AREA PASSENGER HIT FLIGHT ATTENDANT IN FACE. PASSENGERS HUSBAND ALSO INTERFERED WITH FLIGHT ATTENDANT. FLIGHT ATTENDANT CONTINUED FLIGHT, BUT LATER COMPLAINED OF FACIAL PAIN AND EYE SWELLING AND RECEIVED FOLLOW UP CARE OF X RAYS AND PAIN MEDICATION AT LOCAL HOSPITAL AT DESTINATION. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PRINCIPAL INSPECTOR NOTIFIED. POI ADVISED GEOGRAPHIC FSDO, WHERE EVENT OCCURRED, TO CONDUCT INVESTIGATION.