B777 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Attendant Current
Flight Attendant Airline Total 38; Flight Attendant Number Of Acft Qualified On 3; Flight Attendant Total 38; Flight Attendant Type 70
Situational Awareness; Training / Qualification
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical; Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor
Flight Crew Overcame Equipment Problem
Aircraft
While serving snacks and beverages to the first few rows of the coach cabin; I noticed a strong odor of wires burning or melting. The smell was strongest up behind overhead bins at rows 21AB to 25AB. I searched inside the affected overhead bins and found no smoke or fire but then noticed that the side wall lighting fixture above these seats; which was off; had turned black; instead of being the normal opaque color. The Captain was notified. He came back to look and said not to use the sidewall lighting for the rest of the flight.
An observant Flight Attendant detected an overheated side wall lighting fixture aboard a B777 halfway across the Atlantic Ocean. The Captain ordered the sidewall lights to be unpowered for the duration of the flight.