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An air carrier baggage handler noticed smoke smell in cargo compartment during aircraft loading and found burnt matches in passenger bag. Alerted flight crew and brought the bag to the passenger's attention to assure that no more matches were present.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 365170 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199704 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : anc |
| State Reference | AK |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | other other : other pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 5000 |
| ASRS Report | 365170 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Ramper smelled smoke in aft baggage compartment while loading bags, found passenger bag with burnt 'safety matches' with cover closed and burnt matches. Removed matches and talked with passenger to make sure no other matches were in his bags.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ACR BAGGAGE HANDLER NOTICED SMOKE SMELL IN CARGO COMPARTMENT DURING ACFT LOADING AND FOUND BURNT MATCHES IN PAX BAG. ALERTED FLC AND BROUGHT THE BAG TO THE PAX'S ATTN TO ASSURE THAT NO MORE MATCHES WERE PRESENT.
Narrative: RAMPER SMELLED SMOKE IN AFT BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT WHILE LOADING BAGS, FOUND PAX BAG WITH BURNT 'SAFETY MATCHES' WITH COVER CLOSED AND BURNT MATCHES. REMOVED MATCHES AND TALKED WITH PAX TO MAKE SURE NO OTHER MATCHES WERE IN HIS BAGS.
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.