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Flight attendants on a B737-700 reported an electrical smell in the overhead bin while during cruise flight.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1620680 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201902 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.ARTCC |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737-700 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 470 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor |
Narrative:
Cruising at FL300; our flight attendants reported an electrical burning smell in the cabin. I asked for a more exact location of the smell and told them to keep me updated. Less than one minute later; they said the smell was getting stronger and passengers were concerned. I again told them to keep me updated. There was no smell in the flight deck. Again; one minute later we received four chimes from the flight attendant and were informed that there was a fire in the overhead bin and that she was grabbing the fire extinguisher. I told her to call me back after she deals with the fire and we would begin our descent. We [advised ATC] at that time and began our checklist items. After our oxygen masks were donned; the flight attendant called again and said there was no fire and that the electrical smell had subsided. We then informed ATC of the situation and had a normal landing in ZZZ.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Flight attendants on a B737-700 reported an electrical smell in the overhead bin while during cruise flight.
Narrative: Cruising at FL300; our flight attendants reported an electrical burning smell in the cabin. I asked for a more exact location of the smell and told them to keep me updated. Less than one minute later; they said the smell was getting stronger and passengers were concerned. I again told them to keep me updated. There was no smell in the flight deck. Again; one minute later we received four chimes from the Flight Attendant and were informed that there was a fire in the overhead bin and that she was grabbing the fire extinguisher. I told her to call me back after she deals with the fire and we would begin our descent. We [advised ATC] at that time and began our checklist items. After our oxygen masks were donned; the Flight Attendant called again and said there was no fire and that the electrical smell had subsided. We then informed ATC of the situation and had a normal landing in ZZZ.
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.