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A B757 cabin attendant notifies the flight crew of an electrical smell in the cabin resulting in the aircraft being returned for landing at stl.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 612578 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200403 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : stl.airport |
| State Reference | MO |
| Altitude | msl single value : 7000 |
| Environment | |
| Weather Elements | Rain |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : t75.tracon tower : lax.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| ASRS Report | 612578 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other other : 3 |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : landed as precaution |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
After takeoff, the R2 flight attendant rang the flight deck to report the faint odor of 'hot electrical wires, and the smell was getting fainter.' I told her to let us know if the odor returned. Shortly thereafter, R2 called again and said the odor was back. L1 flight attendant also called to report the odor. We told the controller we needed to return to stl with electrical smell in the cabin. We xferred aircraft control to the captain. Accomplished QRH procedures and returned to stl.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B757 CABIN ATTENDANT NOTIFIES THE FLT CREW OF AN ELECTRICAL SMELL IN THE CABIN RESULTING IN THE ACFT BEING RETURNED FOR LNDG AT STL.
Narrative: AFTER TKOF, THE R2 FLT ATTENDANT RANG THE FLT DECK TO RPT THE FAINT ODOR OF 'HOT ELECTRICAL WIRES, AND THE SMELL WAS GETTING FAINTER.' I TOLD HER TO LET US KNOW IF THE ODOR RETURNED. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, R2 CALLED AGAIN AND SAID THE ODOR WAS BACK. L1 FLT ATTENDANT ALSO CALLED TO RPT THE ODOR. WE TOLD THE CTLR WE NEEDED TO RETURN TO STL WITH ELECTRICAL SMELL IN THE CABIN. WE XFERRED ACFT CTL TO THE CAPT. ACCOMPLISHED QRH PROCS AND RETURNED TO STL.
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.