FLT ATT REPORTED ELECTRICAL SMELL IN GALLEY. FLT CREW MADE PA ADVISING PASSENGERS OF ELECTRICAL FIRE AND A SUCCESSFUL LANDING FOLLOWED.

Date: 2008-02 · Aircraft: B737-300

Anomalies: aircraft-equipment-problem-critical|flight-deck-cabin-aircraft-event-smoke-fire-fumes-odor

Synopsis

FLT ATT REPORTED ELECTRICAL SMELL IN GALLEY. FLT CREW MADE PA ADVISING PASSENGERS OF ELECTRICAL FIRE AND A SUCCESSFUL LANDING FOLLOWED.

Narrative

ON FLT FROM ZZZ1 TO ZZZ A CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED IN THE FORWARD GALLEY AND BEGAN TO SMELL VERY BAD. I WAS IN THE MID CABIN DOING A BEVERAGE SVC WHEN THIS CAME TO MY KNOWLEDGE BY MY FLYING PARTNER. AFTER I WAS TOLD OF THIS; MS X AND I FINISHED UP THE SVC AND I WENT TO THE FORWARD GALLEY TO SPEAK WITH THE PURSER AND A PLT WHO WAS PASS RIDING BUT IN THE GALLEY HELPING WITH THE SITUATION. WE SPOKE BRIEFLY AND THEN I WENT TO THE BACK OF THE ACFT. I WAS INFORMED BY THE PURSER A FEW MINS LATER THAT WE HAD A CABIN ADVISORY AND TO BE PREPARED TO EVAC BUT TO FOLLOW THE CAPT'S COMMANDS ONCE WE WERE ON THE GND. THE CAPT THEN INFORMED THE CUSTOMERS THAT WE HAD A SMALL ELECTRICAL FIRE AND THAT WE WOULD BE LNDG WITHIN 5 MINS. WE WERE INSTRUCTED BY THE CAPT TO YELL BRACE WHEN WE LANDED AND FOLLOW THAT WITH REMAIN SEATED WHICH WE DID. UPON LNDG I OBSERVED THAT THE PLANE WAS BEING SURROUNDED BY EMER VEHICLES; HOWEVER WITHIN A FEW MINS OF LNDG WE WERE INSTRUCTED TO DISARM OUR DOORS AND PAX WERE INSTRUCTED TO DEPLANE AS USUAL. WE THEN HAD A DEBRIEFING AND DEPLANED OURSELVES.

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