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Flight crew of B733 declare emergency and divert to nearest suitable airport when flight attendants report acrid odors in cabin.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 637799 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200411 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : zzz.artcc |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | msl single value : 33000 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zzz.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-500 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 4000 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 220 |
| ASRS Report | 637799 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other other : 3 |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : declared emergency |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
At cruise, got call from flight attendants of acrid smell in cabin sulphur and electric. The smell first went away then came back and we smelled it in the cockpit. Ran the electrical smoke/fumes or fire checklist, diverted and declared an emergency. The smell dissipated some, but never went away. Taxied into gate and expedited normal deplaning without bags. Firefighters came onboard and also smelled problem and said it came from rear half of plane, but no sign of fire or damage.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLT CREW OF B733 DECLARE EMER AND DIVERT TO NEAREST SUITABLE ARPT WHEN FLT ATTENDANTS RPT ACRID ODORS IN CABIN.
Narrative: AT CRUISE, GOT CALL FROM FLT ATTENDANTS OF ACRID SMELL IN CABIN SULPHUR AND ELECTRIC. THE SMELL FIRST WENT AWAY THEN CAME BACK AND WE SMELLED IT IN THE COCKPIT. RAN THE ELECTRICAL SMOKE/FUMES OR FIRE CHKLIST, DIVERTED AND DECLARED AN EMER. THE SMELL DISSIPATED SOME, BUT NEVER WENT AWAY. TAXIED INTO GATE AND EXPEDITED NORMAL DEPLANING WITHOUT BAGS. FIREFIGHTERS CAME ONBOARD AND ALSO SMELLED PROB AND SAID IT CAME FROM REAR HALF OF PLANE, BUT NO SIGN OF FIRE OR DAMAGE.
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.