After departure pvd, an MD80 cabin crew and flight crew smell an electrical burning odor that increased in spite of checklist use and created the need for a diversionary landing in grr, mi.

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Attributes
ACN	552274
Time
Date	200206
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : pvd.airport
State Reference	RI
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	climbout : takeoff climbout : initial
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 flight attendant time type : 100
ASRS Report	552274
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb other other : 1
Resolutory Action	flight crew : landed in emergency condition
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Made an emergency landing in grr, due to a strong electrical burning smell in both cabins. After taking off from pvd, this strong burning smell was very evident throughout the entire aircraft. I immediately called the cockpit and they told me they could smell it. They turned off a fan switch and the smell seemed to disappear. During the flight the cabin temperature became very warm and we notified the cockpit. They hadn't touched the temperature controller. Hot air was coming in from the vents. Further into the flight, the smell came back even stronger. That's when the decision was made to make the landing in grr. We didn't prepare for an evacuate/evacuation, but captain told us he would say easy victor 3 times and then tell us which doors not to use. After landing and being followed to the gate by emergency equipment, the passenger were deplaned thru the aft airstairs.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AFTER DEP PVD, AN MD80 CABIN CREW AND FLC SMELL AN ELECTRICAL BURNING ODOR THAT INCREASED IN SPITE OF CHKLIST USE AND CREATED THE NEED FOR A DIVERSIONARY LNDG IN GRR, MI.

Narrative: MADE AN EMER LNDG IN GRR, DUE TO A STRONG ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL IN BOTH CABINS. AFTER TAKING OFF FROM PVD, THIS STRONG BURNING SMELL WAS VERY EVIDENT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE ACFT. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE COCKPIT AND THEY TOLD ME THEY COULD SMELL IT. THEY TURNED OFF A FAN SWITCH AND THE SMELL SEEMED TO DISAPPEAR. DURING THE FLT THE CABIN TEMP BECAME VERY WARM AND WE NOTIFIED THE COCKPIT. THEY HADN'T TOUCHED THE TEMP CONTROLLER. HOT AIR WAS COMING IN FROM THE VENTS. FURTHER INTO THE FLT, THE SMELL CAME BACK EVEN STRONGER. THAT'S WHEN THE DECISION WAS MADE TO MAKE THE LNDG IN GRR. WE DIDN'T PREPARE FOR AN EVAC, BUT CAPT TOLD US HE WOULD SAY EASY VICTOR 3 TIMES AND THEN TELL US WHICH DOORS NOT TO USE. AFTER LNDG AND BEING FOLLOWED TO THE GATE BY EMER EQUIP, THE PAX WERE DEPLANED THRU THE AFT AIRSTAIRS.

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.