<< >> NASA ASRS Report 844708, July 2009

B757 made an emergency landing following a report from the cabin attendants that the cabin was full of smoke and smelled of burnt electrical wiring.

Attributes
ACN	844708
Time
Date	200907
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Flight Attendant (On Duty)
Experience	Flight Attendant Airline Total 27 Flight Attendant Number Of Acft Qualified On 4 Flight Attendant Total 27 Flight Attendant Type 95
Events
Anomaly	Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor

Narrative:

At 37;000 ft the cabin suddenly smelled of burnt electrical wires and filled with smoke. The cockpit was notified and we made an emergency landing.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757 made an emergency landing following a report from the cabin attendants that the cabin was full of smoke and smelled of burnt electrical wiring.

Narrative: At 37;000 FT the cabin suddenly smelled of burnt electrical wires and filled with smoke. The cockpit was notified and we made an emergency landing.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.