Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Airbus A321271NX

Difficulty date
September 2, 2025
Submitted
September 4, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N14534
Make and model
Airbus A321271NX
Aircraft serial
12307
Aircraft time
1,514 hours, 570 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Condition
No Discrepancy
Location
Zone 900
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ECAM LAV SMOKE. FA-S CHE KED ALL LAVS. MID LAV HA D SMOKE SMELL- REPORTED AS /WEED/ SMELL DEBRIEFED CREW. CAPT SAID ECAM LAV SMOKE MESSAGE APPEARED AT CRUISE. MESSAGE CLEARED AFTER 15 SECONDS AND COULD NOT BE RECALLED. CAPT CONTACTED FA WHO WENT TO THE MID LAV WHICH WAS LOCKED, SHE OPENED THE DOOR AND ASKED THE PASSENGER IF HE WAS SMOKING, HE SAID HE WAS NOT SMOKING. AFTER HE LEFT THE LAV SHE RETURNED AND INSPECTED THE AREA INCLUDING THE WASTE BASKET AND COMPARTMENTS AND UNDER SINK AND FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF SMOKING. LATER THE PASSENGER APPROACHED THE FA AND ADMITTED HE WAS VAPING IN THAT LAV. AS FAR AS I KNOW, NO FURTHER ACTION WAS TAKEN WITH THIS PASSENGER. I INSPECTED ALL ACCESSIBLE AREAS IN THIS LAV AND FOUND NO EVIDENCE OR FOREIGN MATERIAL. NO SMOKE OR ODOR PRESENT AT THIS TIME.

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