B767-300 flight crew has fumes in cockpit and diverts for landing.

Attributes
ACN	727212
Time
Date	200702
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzzz.airport
State Reference	FO
Altitude	msl single value : 35000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zzzz.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B767-300 and 300 ER
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
ASRS Report	727212
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : eicas other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : landed as precaution
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Battery overheated causing strong burning smell in cockpit. Diverted to ZZZZ. I had to speak foreign language to the controllers. If I had not spoken foreign language; there would have been mass confusion. I used pan pan pan; and they effectively had no idea what was going on.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B767-300 FLT CREW HAS FUMES IN COCKPIT AND DIVERTS FOR LNDG.

Narrative: BATTERY OVERHEATED CAUSING STRONG BURNING SMELL IN COCKPIT. DIVERTED TO ZZZZ. I HAD TO SPEAK FOREIGN LANGUAGE TO THE CTLRS. IF I HAD NOT SPOKEN FOREIGN LANGUAGE; THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN MASS CONFUSION. I USED PAN PAN PAN; AND THEY EFFECTIVELY HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS GOING ON.

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.