During climb an emb-145 hot water jug overheated causing smoke and fumes which the flight attendant ...

Attributes
ACN	1418305
Time
Date	201701
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	EMB ERJ 145 ER/LR
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Galley Furnishing
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor

Narrative:

As the crew was climbing to our cruising altitude; the flight attendant (flight attendant) called to the pilots that fumes/smoke was coming from the galley area. The crew requested vectors back to [the departure airport] for the visual approach. A short time later the flight attendant called back up to the cockpit that said the smoke was coming from the hot water jug; she proceeded to turn off the jug and advised the crew that the smoke had subsided. The crew proceeded to perform a normal landing and pulled off the runway to confirm with the flight attendant that the fumes/smoke had stopped at which point the crew felt comfortable to taxi to the gate and deplane normally.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: During climb an EMB-145 hot water jug overheated causing smoke and fumes which the Flight Attendant reported to the Captain. The flight returned safely to the departure airport with the water jug switch turned off.

Narrative: As the crew was climbing to our cruising altitude; the Flight Attendant (FA) called to the pilots that fumes/smoke was coming from the galley area. The crew requested vectors back to [the departure airport] for the visual approach. A short time later the FA called back up to the cockpit that said the smoke was coming from the hot water jug; she proceeded to turn off the jug and advised the crew that the smoke had subsided. The crew proceeded to perform a normal landing and pulled off the runway to confirm with the FA that the fumes/smoke had stopped at which point the crew felt comfortable to taxi to the gate and deplane normally.

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.

During climb an emb-145 hot water jug overheated causing smoke and fumes which the flight attendant reported to the captain. The flight returned safely to the departure airport with the water jug switch turned off.