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A B767-300 flight crew on an international flight experienced fumes in the cockpit. They declared an emergency and diverted to the nearest suitable airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 706721 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200608 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzzz.airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Altitude | msl single value : 33000 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zzzz.artcc tower : zzz.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B767-300 and 300 ER |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : relief pilot |
| ASRS Report | 706721 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 260 flight time total : 19000 flight time type : 1386 |
| ASRS Report | 706959 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : landed as precaution |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Was on first break. Asked to return to cockpit prior to its completion. Flight manual procedures for smoke/fumesecond officerdor was in progress. Source of fumes could not be determined. Declared emergency and requested clearance to ZZZZ. All checklists were completed. Descent was normal. Accomplished overweight landing at ZZZZ.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B767-300 FLT CREW ON AN INTERNATIONAL FLT EXPERIENCED FUMES IN THE COCKPIT. THEY DECLARED AN EMER AND DIVERTED TO THE NEAREST SUITABLE ARPT.
Narrative: WAS ON FIRST BREAK. ASKED TO RETURN TO COCKPIT PRIOR TO ITS COMPLETION. FLT MANUAL PROCS FOR SMOKE/FUMES/ODOR WAS IN PROGRESS. SOURCE OF FUMES COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. DECLARED EMER AND REQUESTED CLRNC TO ZZZZ. ALL CHKLISTS WERE COMPLETED. DSCNT WAS NORMAL. ACCOMPLISHED OVERWEIGHT LNDG AT ZZZZ.
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.