Flight attendant report, B767, jfk-lax, fumes, return to jfk for maintenance. Flight canceled.

Attributes
ACN	442356
Time
Date	199906
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : n90.tracon
State Reference	NY
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : n90.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : initial climbout : vacating altitude
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Qualification	flight attendant : currently qualified flight attendant aircraft qualified on : 4
Experience	flight attendant time airline total : 30 flight attendant time total : 30 flight attendant time type : 75
ASRS Report	442356
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 other anomaly
Independent Detector	other other : #1
Resolutory Action	flight crew : landed as precaution flight crew : declared emergency
Consequence	other other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Company Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

On climb out of jfk, approximately 15 mins after takeoff, the flight attendant sitting at 1LC asked if I could smell fumes. I told her yes, and immediately went to the cockpit. When I entered the cockpit, the captain was calling me to see if we could smell anything in the cabin. I told him, yes, it was through the entire cabin. He told me we were returning to jfk. We then informed the passenger. We did not brief the passenger for an evacuate/evacuation, but were prepared to evacuate/evacuation. The cockpit chose to go home. The flight attendants had headaches, but chose to continue on to our base on another aircraft (which we worked). Cockpit was jfk based and the flight attendants were lax based.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLT ATTENDANT RPT, B767, JFK-LAX, FUMES, RETURN TO JFK FOR MAINT. FLT CANCELED.

Narrative: ON CLB OUT OF JFK, APPROX 15 MINS AFTER TKOF, THE FLT ATTENDANT SITTING AT 1LC ASKED IF I COULD SMELL FUMES. I TOLD HER YES, AND IMMEDIATELY WENT TO THE COCKPIT. WHEN I ENTERED THE COCKPIT, THE CAPT WAS CALLING ME TO SEE IF WE COULD SMELL ANYTHING IN THE CABIN. I TOLD HIM, YES, IT WAS THROUGH THE ENTIRE CABIN. HE TOLD ME WE WERE RETURNING TO JFK. WE THEN INFORMED THE PAX. WE DID NOT BRIEF THE PAX FOR AN EVAC, BUT WERE PREPARED TO EVAC. THE COCKPIT CHOSE TO GO HOME. THE FLT ATTENDANTS HAD HEADACHES, BUT CHOSE TO CONTINUE ON TO OUR BASE ON ANOTHER ACFT (WHICH WE WORKED). COCKPIT WAS JFK BASED AND THE FLT ATTENDANTS WERE LAX BASED.

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.