Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Workload
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical; Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor
Flight Crew FLC complied w / Automation / Advisory; Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition; Flight Crew Returned To Departure Airport; Flight Crew Took Evasive Action; General Maintenance Action; General Declared Emergency; General Release Refused / Aircraft Not Accepted
Aircraft
After takeoff [with] First Officer flying; smoke in cockpit followed by report of smoke in cabin. Declared emergency and returned to land overweight at 140;000 LBS. Upon landing; smoke had dissipated and returned to gate. Aircraft out of service and departed later on inbound aircraft. I had a very experienced First Officer along with another MD-80 Captain in the jumpseat that I had flown with as a First Officer. Jumpseater was very helpful to the both of us. The flight attendants were very experienced and did their jobs as required. The First Officer continued to fly while the jumpseater and I ran the checklist. On short final I took control of aircraft and made normal landing.
On climb out; smelled slight pack odor. At approximately 9;000 FT; Flight Attendant called and said they had smoke in the cabin.
A MD-82 cabin filled with smoke after takeoff; so an emergency was declared and the flight returned to the departure airport where the aircraft was removed from service.