Toxic spill in cabin from passenger carry on bag.

Attributes
ACN	261012
Time
Date	199401
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : gtk
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	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	cruise other
Route In Use	enroute : atlantic enroute : other oceanic enroute airway : zma
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 500
ASRS Report	261012
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	flight crew : overcame equipment problem
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Passenger had acrylic fingernail glue remover leak in her carry on bag. The smell was so bad that we had to move passenger away from spill area. Lead flight attendant contained spill in plastic bag and pilots raised cabin to 8000 ft, placed packs on high, and turned off cabin fans. Approximately 15 mins later, pilots restored packs, cabin, and cabin fans. Cause: lack of information to passenger about hazards of toxic materials on board aircraft. Possible cure: warning labels on the products to increase awareness of the hazards.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: TOXIC SPILL IN CABIN FROM PAX CARRY ON BAG.

Narrative: PAX HAD ACRYLIC FINGERNAIL GLUE REMOVER LEAK IN HER CARRY ON BAG. THE SMELL WAS SO BAD THAT WE HAD TO MOVE PAX AWAY FROM SPILL AREA. LEAD FLT ATTENDANT CONTAINED SPILL IN PLASTIC BAG AND PLTS RAISED CABIN TO 8000 FT, PLACED PACKS ON HIGH, AND TURNED OFF CABIN FANS. APPROX 15 MINS LATER, PLTS RESTORED PACKS, CABIN, AND CABIN FANS. CAUSE: LACK OF INFO TO PAX ABOUT HAZARDS OF TOXIC MATERIALS ON BOARD ACFT. POSSIBLE CURE: WARNING LABELS ON THE PRODUCTS TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF THE HAZARDS.

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.