Narrative:

A passenger boarded smelling of alcohol. En route, he ordered 2 drinks for himself. Towards the end of the flight, he got up to go to the lavatory. The flight attendant was in the galley near the lavatory when he exited. She immediately noticed the smell of cigarette smoke and saw that the lavatory was filled with smoke. She informed the cockpit to check if there was any smoke or fire indication. Just at that time, the smoke smell entered the cockpit. The flight attendant searched the lavatory to verify there was no potential for a fire. We received no lavatory fire or smoke indication in the cockpit. We informed him that smoking was a federal offense and a sign was posted. We informed him that auths would meet him in gsp. When we called in-range, there was no response from gsp operations. We called 6 times with no one responding. At that hour, the tower was closed, and we did not have time to contact commercial radio to tell them to call company headquarters, so they could call gsp operations. After we landed and opened the door, we asked if the ground personnel would get security. After the call, they arrived promptly. As the passenger exited, he informed the police that he had his own flask of alcohol. I would like to suggest that our company invest in remote transmitters so the ground personnel can still hear our call while completing other duties. If it was a more serious problem, we would not have the support we needed. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter said that she was flying with 2 pilots and 1 cabin attendant. The lavatory was equipped with a smoke alarm, which didn't go off. She is quite concerned about the smoke filtering into the cockpit. She believes that the smoke could become a real visual and breathing hazard.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PLT RPT. DURING CRUISE AND DSCNT INTO GSP, SC, PAX SMOKING IN LAVATORY, DRINKING FROM OWN BOTTLE. GATE AGENT CALLED FOR POLICE, ESCORTED PAX OFF.

Narrative: A PAX BOARDED SMELLING OF ALCOHOL. ENRTE, HE ORDERED 2 DRINKS FOR HIMSELF. TOWARDS THE END OF THE FLT, HE GOT UP TO GO TO THE LAVATORY. THE FLT ATTENDANT WAS IN THE GALLEY NEAR THE LAVATORY WHEN HE EXITED. SHE IMMEDIATELY NOTICED THE SMELL OF CIGARETTE SMOKE AND SAW THAT THE LAVATORY WAS FILLED WITH SMOKE. SHE INFORMED THE COCKPIT TO CHK IF THERE WAS ANY SMOKE OR FIRE INDICATION. JUST AT THAT TIME, THE SMOKE SMELL ENTERED THE COCKPIT. THE FLT ATTENDANT SEARCHED THE LAVATORY TO VERIFY THERE WAS NO POTENTIAL FOR A FIRE. WE RECEIVED NO LAVATORY FIRE OR SMOKE INDICATION IN THE COCKPIT. WE INFORMED HIM THAT SMOKING WAS A FEDERAL OFFENSE AND A SIGN WAS POSTED. WE INFORMED HIM THAT AUTHS WOULD MEET HIM IN GSP. WHEN WE CALLED IN-RANGE, THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM GSP OPS. WE CALLED 6 TIMES WITH NO ONE RESPONDING. AT THAT HR, THE TWR WAS CLOSED, AND WE DID NOT HAVE TIME TO CONTACT COMMERCIAL RADIO TO TELL THEM TO CALL COMPANY HEADQUARTERS, SO THEY COULD CALL GSP OPS. AFTER WE LANDED AND OPENED THE DOOR, WE ASKED IF THE GND PERSONNEL WOULD GET SECURITY. AFTER THE CALL, THEY ARRIVED PROMPTLY. AS THE PAX EXITED, HE INFORMED THE POLICE THAT HE HAD HIS OWN FLASK OF ALCOHOL. I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT OUR COMPANY INVEST IN REMOTE XMITTERS SO THE GND PERSONNEL CAN STILL HEAR OUR CALL WHILE COMPLETING OTHER DUTIES. IF IT WAS A MORE SERIOUS PROB, WE WOULD NOT HAVE THE SUPPORT WE NEEDED. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR SAID THAT SHE WAS FLYING WITH 2 PLTS AND 1 CABIN ATTENDANT. THE LAVATORY WAS EQUIPPED WITH A SMOKE ALARM, WHICH DIDN'T GO OFF. SHE IS QUITE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SMOKE FILTERING INTO THE COCKPIT. SHE BELIEVES THAT THE SMOKE COULD BECOME A REAL VISUAL AND BREATHING HAZARD.

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.