<< >> NASA ASRS Report 883825, April 2010

An A320 first class flight attendant reported a loud pop and an acrid electrical smell at cruise. The captain declared an emergency and diverted to a nearby airport.

Attributes
ACN	883825
Time
Date	201004
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 115 Flight Crew Total 10164 Flight Crew Type 4000
Events
Anomaly	Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor

Narrative:

At cruise; a flight attendant reported a loud pop and then smelled electrical smoke. She appeared very nevous. A passenger in first class also smelled the acrid odor. We declared an emergency; ran the smoke QRH followed by the cabin smoke checklist. We contacted dispatch and coordinated a nearby airport as a divert airport. We diverted without further event.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An A320 First Class Flight Attendant reported a loud pop and an acrid electrical smell at cruise. The Captain declared an emergency and diverted to a nearby airport.

Narrative: At cruise; a Flight Attendant reported a loud pop and then smelled electrical smoke. She appeared very nevous. A passenger in first class also smelled the acrid odor. We declared an emergency; ran the smoke QRH followed by the cabin smoke checklist. We contacted Dispatch and coordinated a nearby airport as a divert airport. We diverted without further event.

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.