# SDR AALA202604211033

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: April 20, 2026
- Submitted: April 22, 2026
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N915AN](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N915AN), registered now
- Make and model: Boeing 737823
- Aircraft serial: 29516
- Aircraft time: 70,507 hours, 29,771 cycles
- System (JASC): [2120 · Air Distribution System](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/2120)
- Part: Unknown
- Condition: Odor
- Location: Cabin
- Stage of operation: NR
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: B
- Precautionary procedure: A
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA202604211033

## Discrepancy

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED DUE TO: FLIGHT ATTENDANT AND PASSENGERS REPORTED SMELL OF BURNING PLASTIC IN THE CABIN NEAR ROW 28. AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO AND LANDED SAFELY AT IAH. BOTH ENGINES WERERUN INDIVIDUALLY TO ISOLATE THE PACK BLEEDS PER THE TABLE IN STEP 4C OF THE J/C 08L00021001, AND THE INSPECTION OF THE RECIRCULATION FANS. NO ODORS OR OTHER DISCREPANCIES WERE NOTED. NO FAULT FOUND.

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