<< >> NASA ASRS Report 920153, November 2010

An md-11 flight crew and jumpseaters evacuated the aircraft after confirming smoke emanating from the main deck bulkhead.

Attributes
ACN	920153
Time
Date	201011
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	MD-11
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Route In Use	Other Controlled
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying Relief Pilot
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 70 Flight Crew Total 9000 Flight Crew Type 1750
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 60 Flight Crew Total 6000 Flight Crew Type 1500
Events
Anomaly	Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor

Narrative:

After clearing the runway onto the taxiway we started to smell an odor. The jumpseaters confirumed that smoke was coming from the main deck bulkhead area. The captain directed me; (the international relief officer) to investigate. The smoke was confirmed and the decision made to evacuate.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An MD-11 Flight Crew and Jumpseaters evacuated the aircraft after confirming smoke emanating from the main deck bulkhead.

Narrative: After clearing the runway onto the taxiway we started to smell an odor. The jumpseaters confirumed that smoke was coming from the main deck bulkhead area. The Captain directed me; (the IRO) to investigate. The smoke was confirmed and the decision made to evacuate.

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.