Narrative:

I do not know what caused the fumes throughout the aircraft. After the galley flight attendant turned the aft ovens on, we all smelled fumes in both cabins. We checked everything to see if something burning was the cause. We found nothing. We notified the cockpit and was told to turn off the ovens and then turn them on again, after which the captain advised us that we were returning to ewr. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated that a light went off in the cockpit, which made up the captain's mind to go back to ewr. They changed planes and the cockpit crew in ewr.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CABIN ATTENDANT RPT, S80, EWR-ORD. ON CLBOUT, FUMES IN BOTH CABINS. LIGHT ON COCKPIT PANEL OFF. RETURN TO EWR. PLANE TAKEN OTS. GOT ANOTHER PLANE.

Narrative: I DO NOT KNOW WHAT CAUSED THE FUMES THROUGHOUT THE ACFT. AFTER THE GALLEY FLT ATTENDANT TURNED THE AFT OVENS ON, WE ALL SMELLED FUMES IN BOTH CABINS. WE CHKED EVERYTHING TO SEE IF SOMETHING BURNING WAS THE CAUSE. WE FOUND NOTHING. WE NOTIFIED THE COCKPIT AND WAS TOLD TO TURN OFF THE OVENS AND THEN TURN THEM ON AGAIN, AFTER WHICH THE CAPT ADVISED US THAT WE WERE RETURNING TO EWR. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THAT A LIGHT WENT OFF IN THE COCKPIT, WHICH MADE UP THE CAPT'S MIND TO GO BACK TO EWR. THEY CHANGED PLANES AND THE COCKPIT CREW IN EWR.

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.