A B757-200 cabin attendant reports flight diverted due to flight and cabin crew smelling fumes.

Attributes
ACN	635458
Time
Date	200410
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mci.airport
State Reference	MO
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zkc.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Qualification	flight attendant : currently qualified flight attendant aircraft qualified on : 4
Experience	flight attendant time airline total : 4.5 flight attendant time total : 4.5 flight attendant time type : 10
ASRS Report	635458
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb other other : 1
Resolutory Action	flight crew : overcame equipment problem flight crew : diverted to another airport
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Cabin crew and cockpit crew smelled fumes in the cabin and cockpit. Cockpit turned off electrical power that wasn't needed. Diverted to mci where plane was grounded until parts were available the next day.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B757-200 CABIN ATTENDANT RPTS FLT DIVERTED DUE TO FLT AND CABIN CREW SMELLING FUMES.

Narrative: CABIN CREW AND COCKPIT CREW SMELLED FUMES IN THE CABIN AND COCKPIT. COCKPIT TURNED OFF ELECTRICAL PWR THAT WASN'T NEEDED. DIVERTED TO MCI WHERE PLANE WAS GNDED UNTIL PARTS WERE AVAILABLE THE NEXT DAY.

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.