What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On 5/25/11 aircraft N810AE from ord to abe, climbing out of ord at about flight level 2800, the first officer and pilot-in-command smelled a strong oder of sulferfollowed by the smell of burning wire, they both also noticed white smoke coming out of the top of the glareshield and down by the rudder pedels. The two pilots did their memory items for cabin or cockpit fumes. The pilot-in-command declarerd an emergency and asked for the closest airport, ATC advised the crew that dtw was off the nose of the aircraft at about 50 NM. The crew diverted to dtw, no one was hurt or asked for medical attention. On deplaning at the gate every passenger commented about the smell of burning wires.
As the FAA filed it
ON 5/25/11 AIRCRAFT N810AE FROM ORD TO ABE, CLIMBING OUT OF ORD AT ABOUT FLIGHT LEVEL 2800, THE FIRST OFFICER AND PILOT-IN-COMMAND SMELLED A STRONG ODER OF SULFERFOLLOWED BY THE SMELL OF BURNING WIRE, THEY BOTH ALSO NOTICED WHITE SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE TOP OF THE GLARESHIELD AND DOWN BY THE RUDDER PEDELS. THE TWO PILOTS DID THEIR MEMORY ITEMS FOR CABIN OR COCKPIT FUMES. THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND DECLARERD AN EMERGENCY AND ASKED FOR THE CLOSEST AIRPORT, ATC ADVISED THE CREW THAT DTW WAS OFF THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT AT ABOUT 50 NM. THE CREW DIVERTED TO DTW, NO ONE WAS HURT OR ASKED FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION. ON DEPLANING AT THE GATE EVERY PASSENGER COMMENTED ABOUT THE SMELL OF BURNING WIRES.
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