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A319 flight attendant reported the entire cabin crew felt ill from the effects of toxic fumes in the cabin.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1330324 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201602 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A319 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Flight Attendant (On Duty) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness |
Narrative:
I was feeling a bit nauseated; but brushed it off as not having had time to get anything to eat. But [another flight attendant] came to the back galley while I was setting up a cart and said she felt like she had hypoxia. I asked her what her symptoms were. She said she felt kind of car sick and was dizzy and short of breath. I asked if she felt better and she said a bit better. [A third flight attendant] then said she was fine when we started the trip but was getting a sore throat. As she talked you could tell she was getting really bad; like laryngitis. [The second flight attendant] said she thought it might be the airplane and didn't feel comfortable flying the same plane to [destination]. [She] called the captain and voiced her concerns. That's when the captain told her that the airplane had been written up three days earlier for the same thing.well; maybe if toxic fumes have been written in the logbook; the airplane shouldn't go back out without being fixed.odor throughout cabin of stinky shoes or eggs and nail polish type smell. No one was using nail polish.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A319 Flight Attendant reported the entire cabin crew felt ill from the effects of toxic fumes in the cabin.
Narrative: I was feeling a bit nauseated; but brushed it off as not having had time to get anything to eat. But [another Flight Attendant] came to the back galley while I was setting up a cart and said she felt like she had hypoxia. I asked her what her symptoms were. She said she felt kind of car sick and was dizzy and short of breath. I asked if she felt better and she said a bit better. [A third Flight Attendant] then said she was fine when we started the trip but was getting a sore throat. As she talked you could tell she was getting really bad; like laryngitis. [The second Flight Attendant] said she thought it might be the airplane and didn't feel comfortable flying the same plane to [destination]. [She] called the Captain and voiced her concerns. That's when the Captain told her that the airplane had been written up three days earlier for the same thing.Well; maybe if toxic fumes have been written in the logbook; the airplane shouldn't go back out without being fixed.Odor throughout cabin of stinky shoes or eggs and nail polish type smell. No one was using nail polish.
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.