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At cruise on board MD80S, oxygen masks drop, flight crew made emergency descent and diverted to altitude for maintenance without incident.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 405211 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199806 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : zfw |
| State Reference | TX |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zfw |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Super 80 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| ASRS Report | 405211 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Cabin getting warm with a funny smell. Walking towards first class, all mask compartments opened and masks dropped. Flight attendants donned oxygen masks. #4 flight attendant notified cockpit on mask drop. Captain made PA to passenger to take oxygen. #1 flight attendant made PA regarding how to don masks, fasten seat belts and how long to stay on oxygen. Several mins later captain called to say we were at 10000 ft and it was okay to discontinue using oxygen. Flight attendants did walk from mask to mask, before captain notified 10000 ft, to check passenger. Again proceeded to walk through cabin at 10000 ft to tell passenger okay to stop oxygen. We diverted to dfw. All passenger were okay. Found new aircraft to continue to elp.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AT CRUISE ON BOARD MD80S, OXYGEN MASKS DROP, FLC MADE EMER DSCNT AND DIVERTED TO ALT FOR MAINT WITHOUT INCIDENT.
Narrative: CABIN GETTING WARM WITH A FUNNY SMELL. WALKING TOWARDS FIRST CLASS, ALL MASK COMPARTMENTS OPENED AND MASKS DROPPED. FLT ATTENDANTS DONNED OXYGEN MASKS. #4 FLT ATTENDANT NOTIFIED COCKPIT ON MASK DROP. CAPT MADE PA TO PAX TO TAKE OXYGEN. #1 FLT ATTENDANT MADE PA REGARDING HOW TO DON MASKS, FASTEN SEAT BELTS AND HOW LONG TO STAY ON OXYGEN. SEVERAL MINS LATER CAPT CALLED TO SAY WE WERE AT 10000 FT AND IT WAS OKAY TO DISCONTINUE USING OXYGEN. FLT ATTENDANTS DID WALK FROM MASK TO MASK, BEFORE CAPT NOTIFIED 10000 FT, TO CHK PAX. AGAIN PROCEEDED TO WALK THROUGH CABIN AT 10000 FT TO TELL PAX OKAY TO STOP OXYGEN. WE DIVERTED TO DFW. ALL PAX WERE OKAY. FOUND NEW ACFT TO CONTINUE TO ELP.
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.