B767 flight attendant detected a burning electrical odor in the cabin.

Attributes
ACN	562022
Time
Date	200210
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : egpx.airport
State Reference	FO
Environment
Weather Elements	Turbulence
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : egpx.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Qualification	flight attendant : currently qualified flight attendant aircraft qualified on : 5
Experience	flight attendant time airline total : 14 flight attendant time total : 16 flight attendant time type : 20
ASRS Report	562022
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 other : 1
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance controller : provided flight assist flight crew : diverted to another airport none taken : detected after the fact other
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

We smelled burned electrical odor from business class to back of coach. Relief pilot proceeded to check out presence of odor. Captain notified us that we were going to land. Proceeded to land at prestwick at approximately XE00. Xformer rectifier completely burned out.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B767 FLT ATTENDANT DETECTED A BURNING ELECTRICAL ODOR IN THE CABIN.

Narrative: WE SMELLED BURNED ELECTRICAL ODOR FROM BUSINESS CLASS TO BACK OF COACH. RELIEF PLT PROCEEDED TO CHK OUT PRESENCE OF ODOR. CAPT NOTIFIED US THAT WE WERE GOING TO LAND. PROCEEDED TO LAND AT PRESTWICK AT APPROX XE00. XFORMER RECTIFIER COMPLETELY BURNED OUT.

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.