B757 flight crew has smoke and or fumes in cabin; divert for landing.

Attributes
ACN	694465
Time
Date	200604
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : est.airport
State Reference	IA
Altitude	msl single value : 38000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zmp.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757-200
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 : 240 flight time total : 20000 flight time type : 8500
ASRS Report	694465
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other anomaly
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : lav smoke alarm other other : 2
Resolutory Action	flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : landed as precaution
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Cabin Crew Human Performance Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Notified by 'a' flight attendant mid lavatory smoke alarm sounded followed by smoke in cabin and then aft smoke alarms sounding. Power was removed from utility busses and smoke subsided. Landed overweight uneventfully.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757 FLT CREW HAS SMOKE AND OR FUMES IN CABIN; DIVERT FOR LNDG.

Narrative: NOTIFIED BY 'A' FLT ATTENDANT MID LAVATORY SMOKE ALARM SOUNDED FOLLOWED BY SMOKE IN CABIN AND THEN AFT SMOKE ALARMS SOUNDING. PWR WAS REMOVED FROM UTILITY BUSSES AND SMOKE SUBSIDED. LANDED OVERWT UNEVENTFULLY.

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.