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A B-767 captain expressed concern in regards to smoking policy after a passenger's cigarette disposal became an in-flight fire over the atlantic. The cabin attendant extinguished the fire.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 303467 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199504 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : fra |
| State Reference | FO |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zzz |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Route In Use | enroute : atlantic enroute : other oceanic enroute airway : zzz enroute other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 303467 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Over atlantic passenger standing near aft galley smoking and drinking. Disposed of cigarette in a plastic cup that was in a container containing other paper and melted the cup and set fire to the paper. Flight attendant smelled smoke and discovered fire and extinguished it with a pitcher of water. A few mins more and a disastrous situation could have developed. We need to stop people standing and smoking immediately and ban all smoking while on en route operations where there is nowhere to go. I intend to implement this on my aircraft immediately.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B-767 CAPT EXPRESSED CONCERN IN REGARDS TO SMOKING POLICY AFTER A PAX'S CIGARETTE DISPOSAL BECAME AN INFLT FIRE OVER THE ATLANTIC. THE CABIN ATTENDANT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE.
Narrative: OVER ATLANTIC PAX STANDING NEAR AFT GALLEY SMOKING AND DRINKING. DISPOSED OF CIGARETTE IN A PLASTIC CUP THAT WAS IN A CONTAINER CONTAINING OTHER PAPER AND MELTED THE CUP AND SET FIRE TO THE PAPER. FLT ATTENDANT SMELLED SMOKE AND DISCOVERED FIRE AND EXTINGUISHED IT WITH A PITCHER OF WATER. A FEW MINS MORE AND A DISASTROUS SIT COULD HAVE DEVELOPED. WE NEED TO STOP PEOPLE STANDING AND SMOKING IMMEDIATELY AND BAN ALL SMOKING WHILE ON ENRTE OPS WHERE THERE IS NOWHERE TO GO. I INTEND TO IMPLEMENT THIS ON MY ACFT IMMEDIATELY.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.