B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Attendant Current
Flight Attendant Airline Total 21; Flight Attendant Number Of Acft Qualified On 7; Flight Attendant Total 21; Flight Attendant Type 80
Situational Awareness
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness / Injury
General Physical Injury / Incapacitation
Aircraft; Human Factors; Procedure
Passengers deplaned aircraft in order for maintenance to perform an engine check. Crew members and maintenance staff taxied to remote location in order to do so. I walked from coach cabin to first class galley to ask a question for the ops staff member and fell 8 feet down into the maintenance pit resulting in body injuries. The hatch opening had been opened. It was not signaled nor was there an announcement made to indicate crew should avoid the area. Surely a protocol must be put in place or already exists when the maintenance pit is exposed. It has to be made visible.
B767 Flight Attendant reported falling into an open hatch near the main cabin door which had been opened by Maintenance for troubleshooting. No warnings were provided nor barriers erected to prevent this type of occurrence.