A321 flight attendant crew reported a strange odor on the aircraft during descent; all crew members ...

Narrative:

Upon descending... During final cabin prep for landing. I was made aware of a smell in the back of aircraft. It began to travel forward to the front of aircraft. Not only did flight attendants (flight attendant) smell that strange smell (dirty sock)... Passengers asked as well: 'what is the strange smell?' we are instructed to report such to flight deck. So everyone said... Go report to flight deck and we will finish walk through. We all felt strange. The flight deck said they smell it too. My head started hurting and my eyes felt strange... My chest had a little pain and a little daze. The [other flight attendants] tasted something metallic in their mouths and throats. After landing I did my arrival procedures... Verified; stand by for all call ...some of the flight attendants sounded weird... Sluggish. I felt strange as well. Start feeling less light headed when were on the jet way.I don't understand how to eliminate fumes. The pilot said once they smelled it they put on their oxygen mask. I believe we should be trained to apply oxygen to ourselves so... We need nothing to affect our ability to respond. As stated the [other flight attendants] sounded weird or sluggish on PA. So we should have put of portable oxygen mask as well when a fume incident occurs.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A321 Flight Attendant crew reported a strange odor on the aircraft during descent; all crew members affected and went to the hospital. Lead Flight Attendant recommended that they should also be trained to use portable oxygen during fume events.

Narrative: Upon descending... during final cabin prep for landing. I was made aware of a smell in the back of aircraft. It began to travel forward to the front of aircraft. Not only did Flight Attendants (FA) smell that strange smell (dirty sock)... passengers asked as well: 'What is the strange smell?' We are instructed to report such to flight deck. So everyone said... go report to flight deck and we will finish walk through. We all felt strange. The flight deck said they smell it too. My head started hurting and my eyes felt strange... my chest had a little pain and a little daze. The [other Flight Attendants] tasted something metallic in their mouths and throats. After landing I did my arrival procedures... Verified; stand by for all call ...some of the Flight Attendants sounded weird... sluggish. I felt strange as well. Start feeling less light headed when were on the jet way.I don't understand how to eliminate fumes. The pilot said once they smelled it they put on their oxygen mask. I believe we should be trained to apply oxygen to ourselves so... we need nothing to affect our ability to respond. As stated the [other Flight Attendants] sounded weird or sluggish on PA. So we should have put of portable oxygen mask as well when a fume incident occurs.

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.

Attributes
ACN	1430284
Time
Date	201701
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A321
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Descent
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Flight Attendant In Charge
Person 2
Function	Flight Attendant (On Duty)
Events
Anomaly	Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor

A321 flight attendant crew reported a strange odor on the aircraft during descent; all crew members affected and went to the hospital. Lead flight attendant recommended that they should also be trained to use portable oxygen during fume events.