Narrative:

Lead flight attendant noticed a smell in the forward galley. I went to the galley door and smelled smoke. Arriving in the cockpit, I heard the circuit breaker pop. It was the battery charger circuit breaker. The first officer went outside to see if smoke was coming from the east&east compartment. He verified the affirmative. I had the passenger exit the aircraft through the main cabin door. The first officer called for fire assistance. A deadheading first officer on the jetway also assisted in calling fire trucks and alerting the station. The fire department removed the batteries, which were smoking. There were no injuries to any persons and no aircraft damage. Maintenance arrived later and replaced the 2 batteries, battery charger and temperature sensor.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DC9 BOARDING PAX. CABIN ATTENDANT ADVISED FLC SMELLED SMOKE IN FORWARD GALLEY. CAPT CHKED AND ON RETURN TO THE COCKPIT HEARD CIRCUIT BREAKER TO BATTERY CHARGER TRIP. PAX EVACED AND FIRE CREWS CALLED. BATTERIES REMOVED FROM ACFT AND MAINT REPLACE 2 BATTERIES, BATTERY CHARGER TEMP SENSOR. NO INJURIES.

Narrative: LEAD FLT ATTENDANT NOTICED A SMELL IN THE FORWARD GALLEY. I WENT TO THE GALLEY DOOR AND SMELLED SMOKE. ARRIVING IN THE COCKPIT, I HEARD THE CIRCUIT BREAKER POP. IT WAS THE BATTERY CHARGER CIRCUIT BREAKER. THE FO WENT OUTSIDE TO SEE IF SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE E&E COMPARTMENT. HE VERIFIED THE AFFIRMATIVE. I HAD THE PAX EXIT THE ACFT THROUGH THE MAIN CABIN DOOR. THE FO CALLED FOR FIRE ASSISTANCE. A DEADHEADING FO ON THE JETWAY ALSO ASSISTED IN CALLING FIRE TRUCKS AND ALERTING THE STATION. THE FIRE DEPT REMOVED THE BATTERIES, WHICH WERE SMOKING. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO ANY PERSONS AND NO ACFT DAMAGE. MAINT ARRIVED LATER AND REPLACED THE 2 BATTERIES, BATTERY CHARGER AND TEMP SENSOR.

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.