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B757 flight crew declare an emergency due to smoke in cabin galley during approach to landing. Smoke dissipated after crew accomplished smoke fire checklist items. Uneventful landing and deplaning of passenger.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 552479 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200207 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : zma.artcc |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zma.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | descent : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 552479 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other other : 3 |
| Resolutory Action | aircraft : equipment problem dissipated controller : provided flight assist flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : landed in emergency condition other |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
During descent into mia, the flight attendants called and said they had heavy electrical smoke in the cabin. They had the fire extinguishers in hand and were looking for the source of any fire. We declared an emergency and accomplished the 'cabin fire/smoke' checklist. The smoke dissipated. We landed at mia without further incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B757 FLC DECLARE AN EMER DUE TO SMOKE IN CABIN GALLEY DURING APCH TO LNDG. SMOKE DISSIPATED AFTER CREW ACCOMPLISHED SMOKE FIRE CHKLIST ITEMS. UNEVENTFUL LNDG AND DEPLANING OF PAX.
Narrative: DURING DSCNT INTO MIA, THE FLT ATTENDANTS CALLED AND SAID THEY HAD HVY ELECTRICAL SMOKE IN THE CABIN. THEY HAD THE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS IN HAND AND WERE LOOKING FOR THE SOURCE OF ANY FIRE. WE DECLARED AN EMER AND ACCOMPLISHED THE 'CABIN FIRE/SMOKE' CHKLIST. THE SMOKE DISSIPATED. WE LANDED AT MIA WITHOUT FURTHER 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.