Service difficulty report · Container · Airbus A321211

Difficulty date
March 21, 2025
Submitted
March 22, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N183UW
Make and model
Airbus A321211
Aircraft serial
1539
Aircraft time
76,504 hours, 29,710 cycles
Part
Container
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Zone 900
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
W, B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS NOT GROUNDED: AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO MIA DUE TO THE FLIHT ATTENDANTS REPORTING A FOWL ODOR; ROTEN FOOD, RODENT OR HUMAN WASTE FROM THE AFT GALLEY GARBAGE BIN COMPARTMENT AREA AND ARE UNABLE TO DIMINISH THE ODOR ENOUGH RENDERING THE GALLEY UNUSABLE. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AT MIA WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE AFT GALLEY TRASH BIN / CONTAINER TO HAVE A BAG FULL OF ROTTEN FOOD AND MOLD, BAG WAS REMOVED AND THE TRASH CAN WAS CLEANED PER AMM 12-21-12 WITH NO ODORS NOTED.

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