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A330 flight attendant reported noticing a 'dirty socks' smell in the cabin.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1327788 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201601 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A330 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Flight Attendant (On Duty) |
| Qualification | Flight Attendant Current |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor |
Narrative:
On our final descent I kept getting a faint smell of dirty socks; after a few minutes of it I told the B flight attendant (flight attendant) about it and she came up to see if she could smell it. After walking up and down the aisle she said she did not smell dirty socks; but she did smell a musty odor. She also sat down to my level in a seat near my jumpseat and said she did not smell the dirty sock odor. Also there was a non-revving pilot on the window who said he did not smell a dirty sock odor either. Once we started taxiing to the gate the faint smell came back so I got up to see if someone had their shoes off but everyone around me had their shoes on. As soon as we pulled up to the gate the smell became very strong and the non-revving pilot agreed that he smelled it also. I then called the a flight attendant to let her know so she could tell the captain and I also informed the B flight attendant.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A330 flight attendant reported noticing a 'dirty socks' smell in the cabin.
Narrative: On our final descent I kept getting a faint smell of dirty socks; after a few minutes of it I told the B Flight Attendant (FA) about it and she came up to see if she could smell it. After walking up and down the aisle she said she did not smell dirty socks; but she did smell a musty odor. She also sat down to my level in a seat near my jumpseat and said she did not smell the dirty sock odor. Also there was a non-revving pilot on the window who said he did not smell a dirty sock odor either. Once we started taxiing to the gate the faint smell came back so I got up to see if someone had their shoes off but everyone around me had their shoes on. As soon as we pulled up to the gate the smell became very strong and the non-revving pilot agreed that he smelled it also. I then called the A FA to let her know so she could tell the Captain and I also informed the B FA.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.