Narrative:

Passenger suspected of smoking in the lavatory. I was informed by the flight attendant that a passenger had reported someone was smoking in the left aft lavatory. Flight attendant #2 then knocked repeatedly on the lavatory door and got no response. She unlocked and opened the door from the outside and the passenger appeared to be washing ashes down the wash basin. He and the lavatory smelled of smoke. Flight attendant #2 warned passenger who then was notified of the far's concerning smoking. He was cooperative and stated that he would comply. Passenger provided personal identify. Cigarette butt was later found in the lavatory trash. The no smoking sign was illuminated during the smoking incident.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MD80 PAX DETECTED ANOTHER PAX SMOKING IN THE ACFT LAVATORY. HE RPTED THE SMOKING PAX TO THE FLT ATTENDANTS.

Narrative: PAX SUSPECTED OF SMOKING IN THE LAVATORY. I WAS INFORMED BY THE FLT ATTENDANT THAT A PAX HAD RPTED SOMEONE WAS SMOKING IN THE L AFT LAVATORY. FLT ATTENDANT #2 THEN KNOCKED REPEATEDLY ON THE LAVATORY DOOR AND GOT NO RESPONSE. SHE UNLOCKED AND OPENED THE DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE AND THE PAX APPEARED TO BE WASHING ASHES DOWN THE WASH BASIN. HE AND THE LAVATORY SMELLED OF SMOKE. FLT ATTENDANT #2 WARNED PAX WHO THEN WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAR'S CONCERNING SMOKING. HE WAS COOPERATIVE AND STATED THAT HE WOULD COMPLY. PAX PROVIDED PERSONAL IDENT. CIGARETTE BUTT WAS LATER FOUND IN THE LAVATORY TRASH. THE NO SMOKING SIGN WAS ILLUMINATED DURING THE SMOKING INCIDENT.

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.