An A320 flight attendant reported smoke from the ceiling near the forward galley during descent to t...

Narrative:

On descent at approximately FL200; I received an interphone call from purser telling me that there was white smoke coming from a ceiling panel near the forward galley in the area of circuit breaker panel 2000VU. She also told me there was a burning smell that accompanied the smoke. I requested an immediate vector to our destination airport. We had a company A320 first officer deadheading in the cockpit who I sent to the cabin to assist the purser and give me an evaluation of the situation. He reported back that the smoke was dissipating; but the smell was still noticeable. ATC vectored us to a visual approach where we landed uneventfully. On the ground we stopped on the taxiway where we were met by air rescue and firefighting (arff) who checked the aircraft with their flir and reported there was nothing unusual seen. Since both the smoke and smell had dissipated we made the decision to taxi to our gate with arff following. We were not able complete the smoke/fumes checklist in the A320 QRH because of the time available to landing (12 minutes) and the coordination with our jumpseater and purser. We did the immediate action from memory donning our O2 masks and establishing communication. They had thunderstorms in the area and were on a non-standard routing for the flight. Upon landing; an evacuation was considered; but since the smoke had dissipated and the smell was diminishing along with the fact that arff saw no indication of a fire; we decided to continue to the gate.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An A320 Flight Attendant reported smoke from the ceiling near the forward galley during descent to their destination so ATC expedited the arrival. At the gate; the aircraft was deplaned normally because the smoke had dissipated.

Narrative: On descent at approximately FL200; I received an interphone call from Purser telling me that there was white smoke coming from a ceiling panel near the forward galley in the area of Circuit Breaker Panel 2000VU. She also told me there was a burning smell that accompanied the smoke. I requested an immediate vector to our destination airport. We had a company A320 First Officer deadheading in the cockpit who I sent to the cabin to assist the purser and give me an evaluation of the situation. He reported back that the smoke was dissipating; but the smell was still noticeable. ATC vectored us to a visual approach where we landed uneventfully. On the ground we stopped on the taxiway where we were met by air rescue and firefighting (ARFF) who checked the aircraft with their FLIR and reported there was nothing unusual seen. Since both the smoke and smell had dissipated we made the decision to taxi to our gate with ARFF following. We were not able complete the smoke/fumes checklist in the A320 QRH because of the time available to landing (12 minutes) and the coordination with our jumpseater and Purser. We did the immediate action from memory donning our O2 masks and establishing communication. They had thunderstorms in the area and were on a non-standard routing for the flight. Upon landing; an evacuation was considered; but since the smoke had dissipated and the smell was diminishing along with the fact that ARFF saw no indication of a fire; we decided to continue to the gate.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.

Attributes
ACN	1262735
Time
Date	201505
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Descent
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Electrical Power
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 162 Flight Crew Total 15720 Flight Crew Type 7719
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 240 Flight Crew Total 23000 Flight Crew Type 10000
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor

An A320 flight attendant reported smoke from the ceiling near the forward galley during descent to their destination so ATC expedited the arrival. At the gate; the aircraft was deplaned normally because the smoke had dissipated.