FLT ATTENDANT RPT; F100; AUS-ORD; SMOKE IN COCKPIT; ELECTRICAL SMOKE IN CABIN. DIVERT TO IAH FOR MAINT.

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APPROX 15-20 MINS AFTER TKOF; THERE WERE 2 CHIMES. I ANSWERED THE #1 FLT ATTENDANT PHONE AND FLT ATTENDANT #2 ANSWERED HER PHONE; BUT NEITHER ONE WAS CALLING THE OTHER; SO IT WAS THE COCKPIT; THOUGH WE COULD NOT COMMUNICATE WITH THEM (THIS HAPPENS OFTEN ON THE F100); SO I WENT INTO THE COCKPIT. THE PLTS HAD OXYGEN MASKS ON; AND THE CAPT INFORMED ME 'THERE IS SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT; WE'LL BE LNDG IN 15 MINS AT DFW; NO EMER EVAC NECESSARY; STOW ALL SVC ITEMS AND CARTS; I'LL BE MAKING A PA SHORTLY TO THE PAX.' ABOUT 1-2 MINS LATER (SO IT SEEMED); I WENT BACK INTO THE COCKPIT AND INFORMED THE CAPT THAT FLT ATTENDANT #2 TOLD ME THERE WAS A STRONG ELECTRICAL SMELL IN THE AFT CABIN. HE SAID; 'OK I'LL MAKE MY PA MOMENTARILY.' WHEN HE DID MAKE HIS PA; HE INFORMED THE PAX WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND THAT NOW WE'D BE LNDG AT IAH AND THAT WE WOULD BE LNDG IN 15 MINS. HE CHIMED TWICE AGAIN AND AGAIN; BECAUSE THE PA PHONE DOESN'T LET US COMMUNICATE ALWAYS WITH THE COCKPIT. I WENT UP FRONT; AND AGAIN; HE TOLD ME NO EVAC WAS NECESSARY. WE LANDED WITHOUT ANY PROBS; GOT TO THE GATE WHERE PAX DEPLANED. FYI; LATER THE CAPT INFORMED US; WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING THE INCIDENT; THAT THE CAPT SAID HE CHIMED US 3 TIMES INSTEAD OF 2 TIMES.