Narrative:

Approximately 1 hour into the flight from london we started smelling an acrid smell in the cockpit. Immediately after that the international relief officer (international relief officer) called up from the cabin to say that seat 3A was smoking and that they had: removed the passenger; removed the power from the seat and in-flight entertainment (ife) system and had used a squirt of the halon fire extinguisher just to make sure that any fire was a non-issue.while this was going on I messaged dispatch to let them know the initial problem and we reviewed checklists and contingency plans and planned on diverting to a nearby [airport] if necessary. The lead flight attendant and international relief officer called back to say that the smoke had rapidly dissipated when the power was turned off. No hot spots remained. They'd removed all flammables from the area including newspapers and blankets and reseated the first class passenger.we then consulted with [maintenance] and dispatch again and they reiterated to keep the ife switch off for the rest of the flight. After consulting with both fos; dispatch; [maintenance] and the lead flight attendant we were all confident that the fire was out and posed no safety threat. We concluded that the safest course of action was to continue on our route of flight and we landed uneventfully. A logbook write up was made.

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Title: B757 flight crew on an international leg reported the cabin crew successfully dealt with an overheating passenger seat power issue.

Narrative: Approximately 1 hour into the flight from London we started smelling an acrid smell in the cockpit. Immediately after that the International Relief Officer (IRO) called up from the cabin to say that seat 3A was smoking and that they had: removed the passenger; removed the power from the seat and In-Flight Entertainment (IFE) system and had used a squirt of the halon fire extinguisher just to make sure that any fire was a non-issue.While this was going on I messaged Dispatch to let them know the initial problem and we reviewed checklists and contingency plans and planned on diverting to a nearby [airport] if necessary. The lead flight attendant and IRO called back to say that the smoke had rapidly dissipated when the power was turned off. No hot spots remained. They'd removed all flammables from the area including newspapers and blankets and reseated the first class passenger.We then consulted with [Maintenance] and Dispatch again and they reiterated to keep the IFE switch off for the rest of the flight. After consulting with both FOs; Dispatch; [Maintenance] and the lead flight attendant we were all confident that the fire was out and posed no safety threat. We concluded that the safest course of action was to continue on our route of flight and we landed uneventfully. A logbook write up was made.

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.