B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 85; Flight Crew Total 22456; Flight Crew Type 4037
Time Pressure; Communication Breakdown
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor
Air Traffic Control Issued New Clearance; Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition; Flight Crew Diverted
Aircraft
We received a call from the Flight Attendant that she detected a VERY strong smell of electrical smell and observed a 'haze in the cabin.' I gave control of the A/C to the First Officer as I was flying and directed the FAs to shut off the ovens. They replied they were not in use. I then asked them to pull the circuit breakers. We waited about a minute; then determined the smoke had not dissipated but had not gotten worse. I noticed that we were just past ZZZ and thought to myself that ZZZ would be the closest airport to divert to. I asked First Officer to [advise ATC] and as I told the FAs to prepare the cabin; we determined that the smoke and smell dissipated. The First Officer and I reevaluated the situation and we elected to ask for a diversion to ZZZ1. We had several texts back and forth with dispatch and diverted via the divert page in the FMC. I tried several time to get a 'call me' from dispatch. I never got one. I could not get in contact with the company on ZZZ ops frequency and ZZZ1 could not hear us clearly enough to communicate. I wound up simply getting a text back from dispatch; 'are you diverting?' I told them yes we are going to ZZZ1. I pushed 'call me' again so he could weigh in but at this point we started down for the airport and the final decision was made. I considered a SAT call but at that point; again we were running out of time where we were not busy; so we pressed on ZZZ1. We proceeded to ZZZ1 without further incident. The CFR first responders met the AC [on the taxiway] and we advised them there was no smoke and they followed us to the gate.
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B757 Flight Attendant reported haze and a strong electrical smell detected in the cabin. Aircraft diverted and there was no haze after landing.