B757 EXPERIENCED SMOKE IN CABIN SHORTLY AFTER TKOF. FLT CREW DECLARED EMER; RETURNED TO DEP ARPT; AND EVACUATED ACFT.
Synopsis
B757 EXPERIENCED SMOKE IN CABIN SHORTLY AFTER TKOF. FLT CREW DECLARED EMER; RETURNED TO DEP ARPT; AND EVACUATED ACFT.
Narrative
WE HAD JUST TAKEN OFF FROM ZZZZ. 10 MINS LATER WE RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE #3 FLT ATTENDANT THAT SMOKE WAS FILLING THE CABIN AROUND THE WING AREA. WE DECLARED AN EMER AND TURNED BACK TO ZZZZ. I COMPLETED THE EMER CHKLIST AND THE RPT WAS THAT THE SMOKE WAS STILL FILLING THE CABIN WITH A BURNING SMELL. SPARKS WERE OBSERVED FROM THE MONITOR #3 AND #5. THE CABIN CREW MOVED THE PEOPLE TO THE FRONT AND REAR OF THE ACFT. WE REQUESTED THE FIRE TRUCKS AND ASSISTANCE AND PREPARED THE PLANE FOR A LNDG. UPON STOPPING THE ACFT; I CONFIRMED WITH THE CABIN CREW THAT THE SMOKE HAD SLOWED AND WE AGREED TO TAXI THE PLANE A SHORT DISTANCE TO THE RAMP WHERE THE EMER PERSONNEL WERE READY. UPON STOPPING THE ACFT AT THE RAMP; WE EVACED THE PAX IMMEDIATELY AND FIRE RESCUE CAME ON BOARD. THEY EVALUATED THE SITUATION AND DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS NO FURTHER CONCERN FOR FIRE OR SMOKE. IT APPEARED THAT THE #3 AND #5 MONITOR HAD OVERHEATED AND SHORTED OUT CAUSING THE SMOKE AND SPARKS. THE ACFT WAS TURNED OVER TO MAINT. THE WHOLE CREW DID AN OUTSTANDING; PROFESSIONAL JOB. THEY WERE OPENLY PRAISED BY THE PAX.
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