B757 flight crew had smoke fumes in cabin; declares emergency; diverts for landing.

Attributes
ACN	694697
Time
Date	200604
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	msl single value : 36000
Environment
Weather Elements	Rain
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zzz.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
ASRS Report	694697
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
ASRS Report	694945
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other anomaly
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb other other : 3
Resolutory Action	flight crew : landed as precaution flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : declared emergency
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft Cabin Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

On climb out; got smoke and fumes in the cockpit followed shortly by complaints from flight attendants and passenger of acrid smells in the cabin. We performed QRH procedures for smoke and fumes with no change in conditions. Declared an emergency with ATC. Initiated an emergency descent. Landed uneventfully. Had crash fire rescue equipment personnel perform a thermal scan of the aircraft. We were released to taxi to the ramp.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757 FLT CREW HAD SMOKE FUMES IN CABIN; DECLARES EMER; DIVERTS FOR LNDG.

Narrative: ON CLBOUT; GOT SMOKE AND FUMES IN THE COCKPIT FOLLOWED SHORTLY BY COMPLAINTS FROM FLT ATTENDANTS AND PAX OF ACRID SMELLS IN THE CABIN. WE PERFORMED QRH PROCS FOR SMOKE AND FUMES WITH NO CHANGE IN CONDITIONS. DECLARED AN EMER WITH ATC. INITIATED AN EMER DSCNT. LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. HAD CFR PERSONNEL PERFORM A THERMAL SCAN OF THE ACFT. WE WERE RELEASED TO TAXI TO THE RAMP.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.