B757 EXPERIENCED FUMES AND BURNING ODOR IN THE CABIN DURING CRUISE. FLT CREW DECLARED EMER AND DIVERTED FOR UNEVENTFUL LNDG.

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I WAS CAPT AND PLT MONITORING THE FLT. FO WAS PF. DEP WAS UNEVENTFUL. APPROX 15 MINS AFTER TOP OF CLB; AT APPROX FL360; THE LEAD FLT ATTENDANT CALLED THE COCKPIT AND RPTED A BURNING RUBBER SMELL AND VISIBLE HAZE AROUND THE AREA OF ROW 36. FO TOOK THE RADIOS WHILE I DISCUSSED THE SITUATION WITH THE FLT ATTENDANTS. 1 FLT ATTENDANT WAS ASSIGNED TO STAY ON THE INTERCOM CONTINUOUSLY AND THE OTHERS WERE INSTRUCTED TO INSPECT THE CABIN; STRESSING GALLEYS AND THE AREA AROUND THE ODOR. AT THIS TIME THE COCKPIT CREW REFERRED TO THE QRH AND PREPARED TO ACCOMPLISH THE SMOKE/FUMES AIR-CONDITIONING CHKLIST. THERE WERE NO ABNORMAL INDICATIONS OR ODORS IN THE COCKPIT. THE DECISION TO DIVERT WAS MADE AND AN EMER WAS DECLARED. THE ACFT DIVERTED. AN UNEVENTFUL BUT OVERWT LNDG WAS ACCOMPLISHED. AFTER LNDG THE PAX WERE CALM AS THE CFR TRUCKS INSPECTED THE ACFT AND WE TAXIED TO THE RAMP. SEVERAL PA'S WERE MADE DURING THE EVOLUTION MAKING IT CLR THAT THE SITUATION WAS STABLE BUT THE CAPT WANTED SOME THINGS CHKED THAT COULD ONLY BE CHKED ON THE GND. DIRECT COM TO COMPANY WAS NOT POSSIBLE. ACARS WAS IN NO COM STATUS BUT APPARENTLY WERE RECEIVED BECAUSE WE GOT A GOOD RESPONSE WITH WX INFO; ETC; AFTER LNDG. HF PHONE PATCH WAS ATTEMPTED BUT TIME WAS TOO SHORT. A DIVERT NOTIFICATION TO COMPANY WAS SENT THROUGH CTR AND TWR FREQ THROUGH AN EARLY CONTACT WITH THEM. ON THE GND CONTRACT MAINT ARRIVED WITH 2 MECHS ONE OF WHOM HAD EXPERIENCE IN TYPE AND THE NEXT 3 HRS OR SO WERE SPENT CHKING SYS WITH SOME DIRECTION FROM MAINT CTL. THE ACFT WAS TAXIED FOR A HIGH PWR ENG RUN-UP AND AN OVERWT LNDG INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED. WITH DISPATCHER; MAINT CTL AND CONTRACT MECH'S CONCURRENCE THE ACFT WAS DEEMED AIRWORTHY AND THE PAX WERE ADDRESSED IN THE GATEHOUSE BY THE CAPT IN ORDER TO EXPLAIN THE SITUATION. AFTER REFUELING; REFILING THE FLT PLAN AND BOARDING THE ACFT. FLT DEPARTED FOR AN UNEVENTFUL FLT TO ZZZ. A FEW POINTS MERIT ATTN. THE FLT ATTENDANTS PERFORMED FLAWLESSLY WITH PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANCE TO THE COCKPIT CREW AND A CALMING EFFECT ON THE PAX. THE FO MADE THE EVOLUTION MUCH LESS STRESSFUL WITH HIS PERFECT EXECUTION OF THE EMER DSCNT AND LNDG WITH A VERY CHALLENGING ARR PROC. HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING THE NORMAL CHKLISTS DONE IN A TIMELY MANNER WHILE I WAS BUSY WITH THE ABNORMAL ONES.