B757-200
Flight Attendant Current
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical
General Maintenance Action
Procedure; Aircraft
4L and R jumpseats [were] not bolted to the bulkheads. On takeoff our jumpseat broke. We heard a crack and our jumpseat lurched forward. On closer inspection there was a stress fracture due to the fact that the jumpseat was not bolted to the bulkhead. We also found that 4R was not bolted; so crew occupied passenger seats for landing.
During takeoff the jumpseat at 4L broke. I was sitting 4L inboard. Another Flight Attendant was in 4L outboard. We heard a crack and felt our seats lower. We remained on our seats until we were able to get up and checked the jumpseat. It had a crack on the upper shoulder level outboard plastic bracket behind the cushion. On landing I moved to 4R outboard as there was a 7th Flight Attendant at 4R inboard. The other Flight Attendant moved a passenger and sat in last row of economy. I preflight the jumpseat and it did not appear to have any issues at that time. It opened and retracted smoothly. The other Flight Attendant told the Purser and took pictures of the jumpseat for her report.
B757 flight attendants experience jumpseat failure at door 4L during takeoff. The failure was alleged to be caused by missing bolts. The 4R jumpseats exhibited the same anomaly.