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A passenger smoking an e-cigarette in the aft lavatory during climb caused the ECAM and aft lav smoke detector to alert. The flight attendants notified the passenger about the deviation which allowed the alert to cease. The flight attendant cabin passenger briefing does not alert about the e-cigarette prohibition.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1279697 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201507 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.ARTCC |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A321 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural FAR Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Passenger Electronic Device Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Passenger Misconduct |
Narrative:
Passenger in aft lav with e-cigarette caused lav smoke ECAM warning during climb out at about 12;000 ft. Flight attendants quickly took care of the situation. ECAM message cleared after a few seconds. Reported incident to dispatch and they said gsc (ground security coordinator) agent would meet us at the gate in our filed destination. Passenger didn't know e-cigarettes were not allowed. Possibly mention e-cigarettes not allowed during F/a passenger briefing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A passenger smoking an e-cigarette in the aft lavatory during climb caused the ECAM and AFT LAV Smoke Detector to alert. The flight attendants notified the passenger about the deviation which allowed the alert to cease. The flight attendant cabin passenger briefing does not alert about the e-cigarette prohibition.
Narrative: Passenger in aft lav with e-cigarette caused Lav Smoke ECAM warning during climb out at about 12;000 ft. Flight attendants quickly took care of the situation. ECAM message cleared after a few seconds. Reported incident to Dispatch and they said GSC (Ground Security Coordinator) agent would meet us at the gate in our filed destination. Passenger didn't know e-cigarettes were not allowed. Possibly mention e-cigarettes not allowed during F/A passenger briefing.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.