B757 flight crew return to land after smoke smell from the galley.

Attributes
ACN	549159
Time
Date	200205
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sju.airport
State Reference	PR
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Experience	flight attendant time airline total : 18 flight attendant time total : 18 flight attendant time type : 98
ASRS Report	549159
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly
Independent Detector	other other : 4
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

After takeoff, I was notified that there was cabin smoke in the galley complex adjacent to the runway 2R exit door. I was unable to detect this odor from my jump seat. The captain determined that we would return to sju in order to check out the problem. We landed in sju without incident. The mechanics came on board, but the source of the smoke could not be found. The mechanics guessed that the smoke was coming from paper behind the coffee pots at 2R. We took off again and landed in fll without incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757 FLC RETURN TO LAND AFTER SMOKE SMELL FROM THE GALLEY.

Narrative: AFTER TKOF, I WAS NOTIFIED THAT THERE WAS CABIN SMOKE IN THE GALLEY COMPLEX ADJACENT TO THE RWY 2R EXIT DOOR. I WAS UNABLE TO DETECT THIS ODOR FROM MY JUMP SEAT. THE CAPT DETERMINED THAT WE WOULD RETURN TO SJU IN ORDER TO CHK OUT THE PROB. WE LANDED IN SJU WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE MECHS CAME ON BOARD, BUT THE SOURCE OF THE SMOKE COULD NOT BE FOUND. THE MECHS GUESSED THAT THE SMOKE WAS COMING FROM PAPER BEHIND THE COFFEE POTS AT 2R. WE TOOK OFF AGAIN AND LANDED IN FLL WITHOUT INCIDENT.

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.