AN MD SUPER 80 ON INITIAL CLB AT 8000 FT DECLARED AN EMER DUE TO SMOKE AND FUMES IN THE CABIN CAUSED BY A FAILED AIR CYCLE MACHINE.

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LOCATION: WORTH 7 DEP; 260 DEG RADIAL; 15 DME. SHORTLY AFTER TKOF; FLT ATTENDANTS RPTED SMOKE AND ACRID SMELLING FUMES FROM REAR OF ACFT. CALLED DEP CTL AND REQUESTED RETURN FOR PRECAUTIONARY LNDG. ACCOMPLISHED THE AIR CONDITIONING SMOKE/FUMES CHKLIST; THE CABIN OR COCKPIT FIRE/SMOKE CHKLIST; AND SMOKE REMOVAL CHKLIST. ADVISED BY FLT ATTENDANTS THAT SMOKE DISSIPATED BUT ACRID SMELL STILL EVIDENT. LANDED OVERWT AT 140000 LBS; SINK RATE 400 FPM; SOFT LNDG. TAXIED TO GATE AND DEBRIEFED MAINT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THE ACFT WAS AN MD SUPER 80 AND THE CORRECTIVE ACTION BY MAINT WAS THE REPLACEMENT OF THE R PACK AIR CYCLE MACHINE AND THE L AND R COALESCER BAGS. THE RPTR SAID THE ACFT LANDED OVERWT AND THE OVERWT LNDG CHK WAS OK. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 389460: FIRST AWARE OF SIT DURING TAXI OUT. I WAS INITIALLY ONLY AWARE OF BURNING SMELL ONLY. THE SMOKE AND SMELL DISSIPATED DURING TAXI OUT. IMMEDIATELY AFTER TAXI OFF; THE SMOKE AND SMELL RETURNED HEAVILY. ALL FLT ATTENDANTS EXPERIENCED BURNING OF EYES AND NASAL PASSAGES. IT TOOK 40 MINS FROM THE TIME WE NOTIFIED THE COCKPIT UNTIL WE REACHED THE GATE BACK AT DFW. IMMEDIATELY AFTER ALL PAX DEPLANED AND FOR 2 HRS THEREAFTER; ALL FLT ATTENDANTS EXPERIENCED LIGHTHEADEDNESS; SLIGHT NAUSEA; AND LINGERING BURNING OF THE EYES. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 389461: THE FLT ATTENDANTS' EYES BURNED; NOSE AND THROAT. WE LATER BECAME DIZZY AND DISORIENTED. IT LASTED FOR APPROX 2 HRS.