Flight attendant report, MD80, mex-dfw, smoke in cabin after takeoff. Return to mex.

Attributes
ACN	437213
Time
Date	199905
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mmmx.airport
State Reference	FO
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : mmmx.tower tower : abq.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff climbout : initial
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Qualification	flight attendant : currently qualified flight attendant aircraft qualified on : 6
Experience	flight attendant time airline total : 7.5 flight attendant time total : 7.5 flight attendant time type : 85
ASRS Report	437213
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty oversight : flight attendant in charge
Qualification	flight attendant : currently qualified
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly
Independent Detector	other other : 2
Resolutory Action	flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : landed as precaution
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft Company
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

After takeoff, smoke was noticed throughout aircraft. Flight attendant #1 notified captain, and the captain decided to turn back. We landed with no need to evacuate/evacuation. Normal deplaning was done. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter stated that the smoke was quite thick, so the captain made an immediate announcement to return to mexico city. The passenger did start to panic. The crew did not prepare for an emergency landing, and fire trucks did meet the airplane. They never discovered the source of the smoke. The flight was canceled and the plane was taken OTS.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLT ATTENDANT RPT, MD80, MEX-DFW, SMOKE IN CABIN AFTER TKOF. RETURN TO MEX.

Narrative: AFTER TKOF, SMOKE WAS NOTICED THROUGHOUT ACFT. FLT ATTENDANT #1 NOTIFIED CAPT, AND THE CAPT DECIDED TO TURN BACK. WE LANDED WITH NO NEED TO EVAC. NORMAL DEPLANING WAS DONE. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THAT THE SMOKE WAS QUITE THICK, SO THE CAPT MADE AN IMMEDIATE ANNOUNCEMENT TO RETURN TO MEXICO CITY. THE PAX DID START TO PANIC. THE CREW DID NOT PREPARE FOR AN EMER LNDG, AND FIRE TRUCKS DID MEET THE AIRPLANE. THEY NEVER DISCOVERED THE SOURCE OF THE SMOKE. THE FLT WAS CANCELED AND THE PLANE WAS TAKEN OTS.

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.