Commercial Fixed Wing
Flight Attendant Current
Confusion; Distraction
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown
General None Reported / Taken
Company Policy; Human Factors; Environment - Non Weather Related
Passenger in seat X1 had an unusual device that he was wearing.  FA 'A' and I approached the passenger; and asked about his device. He said that it's a Powered Air Purifying Respirator. Powered Air Purifying Respirator had a hose that was attached to the face hood. We talked to gate agent and asked about the device; gate agent did not know anything that pertained to such device. FA 'A' and I looked through our manual and couldn't find anything about this specific device. It's not an Air Purifier which is a prohibited on all flights; it's a respirator which is similar to MPEDs (Medical Portable Electronic Device). The passenger was very compliant; he had a face mask on and a hood shield on. Since we were not sure about this device; we talked to our pilot. Our pilot called operations; and operations said that it's OK with them if we allow passenger to have this device on flight. We allowed passenger to have the device on board.More information needed for situations like these.
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Flight attendants reported a passenger boarded wearing a powered air purifier respirator during the flight and they were not sure if it was allowed.