Narrative:

At cruise FL320; the flight attendants called us in the cockpit to report the smell of electrical burning. We also noticed it in the cockpit about this time. This was also a recent write-up from a previous flight. The flight attendants would later report that the burning smell seemed to start from the rear of the cabin. I declared an emergency and diverted into ZZZ. The emergency and descent checklist were run and the smell of smoke dissipated quickly. We landed overweight at 136000 pounds; without incident and taxied to the gate.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CABIN ATTENDANT RPTS SMELL OF ELECTRICAL SMOKE IN CABIN. FLT CREW OF MD80 DIVERT FOR EMER LNDG.

Narrative: AT CRUISE FL320; THE FLT ATTENDANTS CALLED US IN THE COCKPIT TO RPT THE SMELL OF ELECTRICAL BURNING. WE ALSO NOTICED IT IN THE COCKPIT ABOUT THIS TIME. THIS WAS ALSO A RECENT WRITE-UP FROM A PREVIOUS FLT. THE FLT ATTENDANTS WOULD LATER RPT THAT THE BURNING SMELL SEEMED TO START FROM THE REAR OF THE CABIN. I DECLARED AN EMER AND DIVERTED INTO ZZZ. THE EMER AND DSCNT CHKLIST WERE RUN AND THE SMELL OF SMOKE DISSIPATED QUICKLY. WE LANDED OVERWT AT 136000 LBS; WITHOUT INCIDENT AND TAXIED TO THE GATE.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.