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An MD80 cabin crew, while parking at the gate in sea, experienced smoke fumes in the cabin, expedited passenger deplaning.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 549695 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200206 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sea.airport |
| State Reference | WA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| 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 | ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty |
| Qualification | flight attendant : currently qualified |
| Experience | flight attendant time airline total : 35 flight attendant time total : 35 |
| ASRS Report | 549695 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other other : fa's 1,4,&5 |
| Resolutory Action | aircraft : evacuated |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
As we arrived at the gate and the engines turned off, there was a loud grinding sound -- as though metal on metal. The smoke that began to fill the cabin was white and did not smell like a fire. The flight attendant #2 called cockpit and I elevated on an aisle seat to see where the smoke was coming from and if I could see flames. The smoke seemed almost like fumes -- it bothered my throat, not my eyes. The #1 flight attendant asked people to get their belongings quickly and deplane through forward entry door. We (flight attendants) also got our things and followed the passenger out. Before we had time to deplane, the fire department was on the plane checking for fire. People did not move very fast. They were calm and not aware there could be danger is the way I felt.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN MD80 CABIN CREW, WHILE PARKING AT THE GATE IN SEA, EXPERIENCED SMOKE FUMES IN THE CABIN, EXPEDITED PAX DEPLANING.
Narrative: AS WE ARRIVED AT THE GATE AND THE ENGS TURNED OFF, THERE WAS A LOUD GRINDING SOUND -- AS THOUGH METAL ON METAL. THE SMOKE THAT BEGAN TO FILL THE CABIN WAS WHITE AND DID NOT SMELL LIKE A FIRE. THE FLT ATTENDANT #2 CALLED COCKPIT AND I ELEVATED ON AN AISLE SEAT TO SEE WHERE THE SMOKE WAS COMING FROM AND IF I COULD SEE FLAMES. THE SMOKE SEEMED ALMOST LIKE FUMES -- IT BOTHERED MY THROAT, NOT MY EYES. THE #1 FLT ATTENDANT ASKED PEOPLE TO GET THEIR BELONGINGS QUICKLY AND DEPLANE THROUGH FORWARD ENTRY DOOR. WE (FLT ATTENDANTS) ALSO GOT OUR THINGS AND FOLLOWED THE PAX OUT. BEFORE WE HAD TIME TO DEPLANE, THE FIRE DEPT WAS ON THE PLANE CHKING FOR FIRE. PEOPLE DID NOT MOVE VERY FAST. THEY WERE CALM AND NOT AWARE THERE COULD BE DANGER IS THE WAY I FELT.
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.