BLEED LEAK AND FIRE WARNING INDICATIONS PROMPT EXPEDITED APCH AND LNDG BUT NO DECLARATION OF EMER WHEN SMOKE AND FIRE CANNOT BE CONFIRMED.
Synopsis
BLEED LEAK AND FIRE WARNING INDICATIONS PROMPT EXPEDITED APCH AND LNDG BUT NO DECLARATION OF EMER WHEN SMOKE AND FIRE CANNOT BE CONFIRMED.
Narrative
WHILE IN CRUISE FLT; APPROX 30 MINS INTO OUR 45 MIN FLT; WE GOT A BLEED LEAK WARNING ON THE EICAS. WHILE COMPLETING THE CHKLIST FOR THE BLEED LEAK; WE GOT A BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT SMOKE WARNING AND FIRE BELL. I FLEW THE AIRPLANE WHILE THE CAPT ACCOMPLISHED THE MEMORY ITEM AND CHKLIST FOR THIS WARNING. ONCE ACCOMPLISHED; WE DETERMINED OUR DEST ARPT WAS THE MOST EXPEDITIOUS IN TERMS OF TIME AND DISTANCE. THE CAPT THEN COORDINATED WITH ATC FOR A DIRECT ROUTING AND CFR. HE THEN HAD THE FLT ATTENDANT INSPECT THE BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT VIA A PEEP HOLE AND BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT LIGHT LOCATED IN THE AFT LAVATORY. SHE RPTED NO EVIDENCE OF SMOKE OR FIRE IN BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT OR CABIN. THE FLT ATTENDANT CONTINUALLY CHKED THIS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE FLT. ONCE WE LANDED; WE EXITED THE RWY AND STOPPED ON THE TXWY AND HAD THE FIRE DEPT OPEN AND INSPECT THE BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT. THIS WAS ACCOMPLISHED AND THEY RPTED NO EVIDENCE OF SMOKE OR FIRE. WE THEN TAXIED TO THE GATE. PAX WERE DEPLANED IN A NORMAL MANNER AND BAGGAGE REMOVED. BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT ONCE AGAIN INSPECTED BY FIRE DEPT PERSONNEL. NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE OR SMOKE WAS FOUND. DECISION NOT TO DECLARE AN EMER AND EVAC PAX WAS BASED ON THE FLT ATTENDANT'S VISUAL CONFIRMATION OF NO SMOKE OR FIRE.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.