A B777 had smoke and strong electrical fire smell. Flight diverted to a nearby airport. No tools wer...

Attributes
ACN	781561
Time
Date	200804
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzzz.airport
State Reference	FO
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B777-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : relief pilot
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 16000 flight time type : 7000
ASRS Report	781561
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : declared emergency
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

I was the relief pilot on break. Notified of smoke in aft galley. Strong smell of electrical fire noticed about mid economy cabin on way to aft galley. No visual signs of fire or smoke upon arrival in galley. Galley had power removed prior to my arrival. Talked with flight attendant and captain via intercom and advised him of the situation. Told flight attendants to monitor the area and I returned to cockpit. Decision was made to divert to ZZZZ. Good job by flight attendant crew and cockpit during busy divert. Had this been a polar trip with hours to go for any good landing field; it would have been good to have a screwdriver available to remove the coffee maker and look for possible source prior to a divert that could be very costly and dangerous. In this case it was an easy decision to divert with many good airports so close.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B777 HAD SMOKE AND STRONG ELECTRICAL FIRE SMELL. FLT DIVERTED TO A NEARBY ARPT. NO TOOLS WERE AVAILABLE FOR THE CREW TO LOOK IN GALLEY EQUIPMENT.

Narrative: I WAS THE RELIEF PLT ON BREAK. NOTIFIED OF SMOKE IN AFT GALLEY. STRONG SMELL OF ELECTRICAL FIRE NOTICED ABOUT MID ECONOMY CABIN ON WAY TO AFT GALLEY. NO VISUAL SIGNS OF FIRE OR SMOKE UPON ARR IN GALLEY. GALLEY HAD PWR REMOVED PRIOR TO MY ARR. TALKED WITH FLT ATTENDANT AND CAPT VIA INTERCOM AND ADVISED HIM OF THE SITUATION. TOLD FLT ATTENDANTS TO MONITOR THE AREA AND I RETURNED TO COCKPIT. DECISION WAS MADE TO DIVERT TO ZZZZ. GOOD JOB BY FLT ATTENDANT CREW AND COCKPIT DURING BUSY DIVERT. HAD THIS BEEN A POLAR TRIP WITH HRS TO GO FOR ANY GOOD LNDG FIELD; IT WOULD HAVE BEEN GOOD TO HAVE A SCREWDRIVER AVAILABLE TO REMOVE THE COFFEE MAKER AND LOOK FOR POSSIBLE SOURCE PRIOR TO A DIVERT THAT COULD BE VERY COSTLY AND DANGEROUS. IN THIS CASE IT WAS AN EASY DECISION TO DIVERT WITH MANY GOOD ARPTS SO CLOSE.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 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.

A B777 had smoke and strong electrical fire smell. Flight diverted to a nearby airport. No tools were available for the crew to look in galley equipment.