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Flight attendant report regarding smoke in cabin just after takeoff. Cockpit informed and aircraft returned to departure airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 417613 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199810 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : dfw airport : dfw |
| State Reference | TX |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : dfw |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Super 80 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| ASRS Report | 417613 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| ASRS Report | 418351 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Right after takeoff, smoke filled cabin. It was a cloudy gray type of smoke, which seemed to originate from the middle of the coach cabin, but quickly spread throughout the cabins. Cockpit was notified and no fire was found. Returned to dfw with no further incident. Smoke seemed to diminish upon landing in dfw.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLT ATTENDANT RPT REGARDING SMOKE IN CABIN JUST AFTER TKOF. COCKPIT INFORMED AND ACFT RETURNED TO DEP ARPT.
Narrative: RIGHT AFTER TKOF, SMOKE FILLED CABIN. IT WAS A CLOUDY GRAY TYPE OF SMOKE, WHICH SEEMED TO ORIGINATE FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE COACH CABIN, BUT QUICKLY SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE CABINS. COCKPIT WAS NOTIFIED AND NO FIRE WAS FOUND. RETURNED TO DFW WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. SMOKE SEEMED TO DIMINISH UPON LNDG IN DFW.
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.