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In-flight fire with emergency declared. Air carrier widebody transport diversion to alternate airport for precautionary landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 216812 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199207 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : bikf |
| State Reference | FO |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 35000 msl bound upper : 35000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Widebody, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | cruise other other other |
| Route In Use | enroute : atlantic enroute : direct enroute : other oceanic enroute airway : eggx |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 2500 |
| ASRS Report | 216812 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : overcame equipment problem other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
In-flight short circuit caused smoke/sparks/flames in flight attendant rear jumpseat. Halon used. Cannon plugs disconnected. Diverted to keflavik, iceland, to insure problem would not recur and no damage done. Declared emergency to get special handling. Routine landing (over weight) dumped 20000 pounds fuel. Return flight to atl uneventful.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: INFLT FIRE WITH EMER DECLARED. ACR WDB DIVERSION TO ALTERNATE ARPT FOR PRECAUTIONARY LNDG.
Narrative: INFLT SHORT CIRCUIT CAUSED SMOKE/SPARKS/FLAMES IN FLT ATTENDANT REAR JUMPSEAT. HALON USED. CANNON PLUGS DISCONNECTED. DIVERTED TO KEFLAVIK, ICELAND, TO INSURE PROBLEM WOULD NOT RECUR AND NO DAMAGE DONE. DECLARED EMER TO GET SPECIAL HANDLING. ROUTINE LNDG (OVER WT) DUMPED 20000 POUNDS FUEL. RETURN FLT TO ATL UNEVENTFUL.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.