What happened
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(-23) Flight 574 was in cruise at 33000 feet, clear air, and no turbulence at which time a cabin attendant called the cockpit to report an acrid odor in the aft galley area. The galley was turned off and the odor subsided. A couple of minutes later the odor returned and could be smelled in the cockpit. The flight was over Kansas City so the flight crew declared an emergency and received a clearance to Kansas City International Airport. During the descent the flight crew manually flew the aircraft and checked all the flight controls and found no problems. The aircraft landed without incident and taxied off the runway whre the fire department used an infrared scanner to check the aircraft for hot spots...none were found. The fire department followed the aircraft to the gate and stood by while the cargo compartments were opened and the passenger's bags removed. Contract maintenance, along with the captain then inspected, the cargo bins, the APU area and the air conditioning bay areas and found no damage or blown ducts. Maintenance inspected the aft galley and found that the hot plate to the aft galley coffee make had split. The coffee maker was deactivated, the galleys turned on, and the acrid odor did not return. The logbook was completed and the aircraft was dispatched. Incident privacy data omitted is considered closed with the filing of this report. privacy data omitted
As the FAA filed it
(-23) FLIGHT 574 WAS IN CRUISE AT 33000 FEET, CLEAR AIR, AND NO TURBULENCE AT WHICH TIME A CABIN ATTENDANT CALLED THE COCKPIT TO REPORT AN ACRID ODOR IN THE AFT GALLEY AREA. THE GALLEY WAS TURNED OFF AND THE ODOR SUBSIDED. A COUPLE OF MINUTES LATER THE ODOR RETURNED AND COULD BE SMELLED IN THE COCKPIT. THE FLIGHT WAS OVER KANSAS CITY SO THE FLIGHT CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RECEIVED A CLEARANCE TO KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. DURING THE DESCENT THE FLIGHT CREW MANUALLY FLEW THE AIRCRAFT AND CHECKED ALL THE FLIGHT CONTROLS AND FOUND NO PROBLEMS. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND TAXIED OFF THE RUNWAY WHRE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT USED AN INFRARED SCANNER TO CHECK THE AIRCRAFT FOR HOT SPOTS...NONE WERE FOUND. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOLLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE GATE AND STOOD BY WHILE THE CARGO COMPARTMENTS WERE OPENED AND THE PASSENGER'S BAGS REMOVED. CONTRACT MAINTENANCE, ALONG WITH THE CAPTAIN THEN INSPECTED, THE CARGO BINS, THE APU AREA AND THE AIR CONDITIONING BAY AREAS AND FOUND NO DAMAGE OR BLOWN DUCTS. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE AFT GALLEY AND FOUND THAT THE HOT PLATE TO THE AFT GALLEY COFFEE MAKE HAD SPLIT. THE COFFEE MAKER WAS DEACTIVATED, THE GALLEYS TURNED ON, AND THE ACRID ODOR DID NOT RETURN. THE LOGBOOK WAS COMPLETED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DISPATCHED. INCIDENT ^PRIVACY DATA O^ IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH THE FILING OF THIS REPORT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^
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