<< >> NASA ASRS Report 422881, December 1998

Flight attendant report regarding a B757 which diverted due to haze in the cabin, smoke detectors activating and an electrical type smell.

Attributes
ACN	422881
Time
Date	199812
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : phx
State Reference	AZ
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : geu
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	cruise other other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Qualification	other other : other
ASRS Report	422881
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	Other

Narrative:

Flight attendants in main cabin reported a haze in the aft of the aircraft. The aft smoke detectors went off and could not be silenced unless the captain turned off the system. Flight attendants in back noticed an electrical type smell. All was reported to the captain and he decided to divert to phx. Landing and taxi-in were normal. All crew and passenger deplaned as normal.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLT ATTENDANT RPT REGARDING A B757 WHICH DIVERTED DUE TO HAZE IN THE CABIN, SMOKE DETECTORS ACTIVATING AND AN ELECTRICAL TYPE SMELL.

Narrative: FLT ATTENDANTS IN MAIN CABIN RPTED A HAZE IN THE AFT OF THE ACFT. THE AFT SMOKE DETECTORS WENT OFF AND COULD NOT BE SILENCED UNLESS THE CAPT TURNED OFF THE SYS. FLT ATTENDANTS IN BACK NOTICED AN ELECTRICAL TYPE SMELL. ALL WAS RPTED TO THE CAPT AND HE DECIDED TO DIVERT TO PHX. LNDG AND TAXI-IN WERE NORMAL. ALL CREW AND PAX DEPLANED AS NORMAL.

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.