# SDR CALA2026092819845

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: September 24, 2026
- Submitted: September 28, 2026
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N26996](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N26996), registered now
- Make and model: Boeing 787-9
- Registry model: [Boeing 787-9](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-787-9) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 68624
- Aircraft time: 5,196 hours, 514 cycles
- System (JASC): [2120 · Air Distribution System](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/2120)
- Part: Unknown
- Condition: Odor
- Location: Crew Rest
- Stage of operation: CL
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: B
- Precautionary procedure: O
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA2026092819845

## Discrepancy

AT FL340 GOT ECL SMOKE REST UPPER DOOR 1 STRONG ODOR, NO SMOKE, CLIMBING THROUGH FL300 - FL 320, DOOR SEALS AT R1 LOUD AIR NOISE. NOISE STOPPED AT FL340. AT FL340 EICAS MESSAGE OF CARGO HEAT BULK. AT FL340 ALARMS STARTED GOING OFF IN PILOT CREW REST WITH STRONG ELECTRICAL ODOR BUT NO SMOKE. AIR FROM VENTS WAS PULSING & ODOR WENT AWAY AFTER THE AIR FLOW REMAINED CONSTANT. CAPTAIN ALSO STATED THERE WAS A NOTIFICATION IN FLIGHT DECK OF SMOKE IN FWD CREW REST AT FL 340. RAN LT & RT PACKS FOR SEVERAL HRS WITH AIR FLOW CONSTANT NO STRONG ODORS. GROUND TEST OF C/R AIR & HUMIDIFIER SYS TEST PASSED. ALL OF C/R SMOKE DETECTORS SELF TEST, OPS CHKD GOOD. GVI OFCR HEATER & HUMIDIFIER CONNECTORS & SURROUNDING AREA, NO FAULTS NOTED. REF DMC-B787-A-21-20-F5-72A-421A-A

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