Commercial Fixed Wing
Distraction
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
General Maintenance Action
Environment - Non Weather Related; Human Factors
Flight ABCD from ZZZZ to ZZZ I was the position C. After we landed in ZZZ; and taxiing of the aircraft was complete Flight Attendant A announced to the flight attendants to prepare the cabins for departure. I went to my forward service door and pulled the girt bar from the bracket and inserted back into the mount where it was disarmed then put the red flag back up. I turned around to cross check with FA A who I saw bend down to disarm the door. I then started talking to a first class passenger seated in X5. I heard FA A call the aft cabin via inter phone to verify their doors were disarmed. Then we waited till the agent came to knock on the forward entry door. I saw FA A give the thumbs up after the agent knocked and the agent starting opening the door. All of a sudden FA A said; 'stop' and I saw the slide peeping from the compartment after she moved to the side. FA A notified the flight deck of the situation and they called for a mechanic. Two mechanics came quickly and moved the slide out of the housing. We then began to deplane from the front entry door. Managers X and Y came to talk to me and FA A on the aircraft after all the passengers deplaned and was told by her to fill out a report as a partial inadvertent slide deployment.
It was a routine flight; upon arrival at gate in ZZZ I did a P.A. for Flight Attendants to verify and disarm. I bent down to disarm the 1L door left side girt bar bracket and I was thinking what I had to do next: (turn on lights for passengers; all-call the back). For some reason I stood up to turn on the lights. That's not like me; I always focus and follow through on my doors when arming and disarming. The C [FA] had just beat me to the lights; then I did all-call to the back; then C mentions passengers are actually sitting down after health PA to stay seated; because they never listen and crowd the aisle. Then there were 2 knocks on the door from the agent; I gave them thumbs up and looked down and saw the girt bar attached; at same time the agent was gently cracking the door I said stop; the door had opened maybe 1 foot? and the agent and I were face to face; I said stop. The slide partially fell out of housing intact. The mechanics were called; they came fast; they held the bottom portion of the intact slide and they opened the door; and we started deplaning. When I got home my heart was pounding and body shaking from lack of sleep; low blood sugar; and wearing mask. Was a bad combination.Suggestions:*SLEEP- Circadian rhythm. Lack of sleep 4 nights in a row; early morning sign-ins. *FOOD- PLEASE on flights where you can't bring your food into other countries; or you can't bring your own food from the USA back into USA customs does not allow it; if it's too early or too late to get any food; places are closed or nothing is open; or lines are too long to make boarding. PLEASE have a little something for us to eat so our blood sugar does not drop so safety related accidents don't happen. *MASK- Sometimes feel headaches; feel suffocation; can't breathe; lack of oxygen.All of the above create fatigue which decreases the body's ability to focus; and decreased attention.
Flight attendants reported a partial slide deployment while opening the cabin door due to the door inadvertently not being disarmed.