SDR 22967

Service difficulty report · Container · Emb ERJ170200LR

Difficulty date
March 24, 2008
Submitted
March 24, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N614CZ
Make and model
Emb ERJ170200LR
Aircraft serial
17000205
Aircraft time
431 hours, 228 cycles
System (JASC)
2540 · Lavatories
Part
Container
Condition
Smoke
Location
Lav Waste
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
A
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

DURING FLIGHT, IN THE AFT GALLEY WHEN ONE FLIGHT ATTENDANT DETECTED AN ODOR OF SMOKE, INVESTIGATED AFT LAV AND FOUND SMOKE COMING FROM THE AFT LAV WASTE BIN. FLIGHT ATTENDANT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE USING A PORTABLE HALON EXTINGUISHER. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THERE WAS WATER IN THE LAV WASTE BIN. THE AIRCRAFT THEN DIVERTED.

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