Narrative:

One hundred and fifty miles from the destination; a flight attendant called the cockpit to report that they have smoke and electric burning smell in the business galley. They want a pilot to come and check it out. I sent the relief co-pilot to check it out. I also turned off the utility switches. I called the relief co-pilot when he was there and asked what he thought. He told me that it looks like electrical wire burning smell. I asked him to come back to the cockpit. I handed him the smoke and fume emergency checklist and asked him to read it. I also asked the flying co-pilot to review the possibility of landing at nearby domestic airport. After the smoke and fume emergency checklist was completed I asked the relief co-pilot to establish contact with dispatch and stay in touch with the assigned flight attendant in the business galley for providing updates. I also advised ATC that we might have possible electrical smoke and asked if I could fly direct to my destination and keep my speed up. They cleared me direct and told me; 'speed your discretion.' by this time we were transferred to another ATC and they asked me if I had declared an emergency. I said; 'no.' they said; they have declared an emergency for us. I told them can I land to the south using runway 19; they said no problem. We continued normal decent and approach procedures and continued to be in touch with the flight attendants in the back and they continuously told us that there was no more smoke and no more burning smell. We landed normally. After landing; the airplane was inspected by the fire truck crews and they didn't find any smoke from the outside. We were cleared to taxi to the gate.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B767-300 Flight Attendant reported electrical fumes and smoke in the forward galley. The flight was expedited to its destination. After the emergency checklist was completed enroute the smoke and smell dissipated .

Narrative: One hundred and fifty miles from the destination; a Flight Attendant called the cockpit to report that they have smoke and electric burning smell in the business galley. They want a pilot to come and check it out. I sent the Relief Co-Pilot to check it out. I also turned off the utility switches. I called the Relief Co-Pilot when he was there and asked what he thought. He told me that it looks like electrical wire burning smell. I asked him to come back to the cockpit. I handed him the smoke and fume emergency checklist and asked him to read it. I also asked the flying Co-Pilot to review the possibility of landing at nearby domestic airport. After the smoke and fume emergency checklist was completed I asked the Relief Co-Pilot to establish contact with Dispatch and stay in touch with the assigned Flight Attendant in the business galley for providing updates. I also advised ATC that we might have possible electrical smoke and asked if I could fly direct to my destination and keep my speed up. They cleared me direct and told me; 'Speed your discretion.' By this time we were transferred to another ATC and they asked me if I had declared an emergency. I said; 'No.' They said; they have declared an emergency for us. I told them can I land to the south using Runway 19; they said no problem. We continued normal decent and approach procedures and continued to be in touch with the Flight Attendants in the back and they continuously told us that there was no more smoke and no more burning smell. We landed normally. After landing; the airplane was inspected by the fire truck crews and they didn't find any smoke from the outside. We were cleared to taxi to the gate.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.