Narrative:

At about 25 minutes out; our flight attendant reported some light white smoke that came out around seat xa accompanied by a small amount of electrical smell. This was also confirmed by a jumpseating flight attendant who also voiced his concerns about the smell and the smoke. There was no smoke build up noted but a small amount of white smoke appeared to linger according to them. We checked our systems via the mfd pages and found nothing unusual while we prepared the QRH for smoke/fire in the cabin. The captain turned off the recirculation fan as a precaution. After hearing the same report more than three times from the our flight attendant and that same report being confirmed by the jumpseating flight attendant and the passenger seated at row X; we decided to declare an emergency. We were already on the arrival so we proceeded to the original destination. We did not see any smoke in the cockpit but I did detect that electrical smell for a brief moment only right before we got the first call from our flight attendant. We were cleared direct and received priority for the ILS approach. Emergency crew and equipment were waiting upon our arrival and they found no signs of fire. Maintenance was also on board after the fire department crew left. We acted on the conservative end by declaring emergency in case there was indeed a fire and a valid source of smoke. We did not run the QRH as we did not find any concrete reason to do so but felt the need to get expedited handling by ATC so we can get on the ground as soon as possible.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: EMB145 Captain is informed of electrical smoke and fumes emanating from a row of seats by a Flight Attendant. The recirculation fan is turned off as a precaution. After being informed of further smoke and smell incidents the Captain elects to declare an emergency and lands safely at the destination airport.

Narrative: At about 25 minutes out; our Flight Attendant reported some light white smoke that came out around seat XA accompanied by a small amount of electrical smell. This was also confirmed by a jumpseating Flight Attendant who also voiced his concerns about the smell and the smoke. There was no smoke build up noted but a small amount of white smoke appeared to linger according to them. We checked our systems via the MFD pages and found nothing unusual while we prepared the QRH for smoke/fire in the cabin. The Captain turned off the recirculation fan as a precaution. After hearing the same report more than three times from the our Flight Attendant and that same report being confirmed by the jumpseating Flight Attendant and the passenger seated at row X; we decided to declare an emergency. We were already on the arrival so we proceeded to the original destination. We did not see any smoke in the cockpit but I did detect that electrical smell for a brief moment only right before we got the first call from our Flight Attendant. We were cleared direct and received priority for the ILS approach. Emergency crew and equipment were waiting upon our arrival and they found no signs of fire. Maintenance was also on board after the fire department crew left. We acted on the conservative end by declaring emergency in case there was indeed a fire and a valid source of smoke. We did not run the QRH as we did not find any concrete reason to do so but felt the need to get expedited handling by ATC so we can get on the ground as soon as possible.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.