The flight attendants of an airbus A330 reported a musty sock odor in the cabin during takeoff and c...

Narrative:

Old musty sock odor in cabin upon takeoff. All flight attendants (flight attendant) contacted one another and captain; flight deck smelled it also; dissipated somewhat and returned; diversion was decided against and just get into [destination]. Landed just before midnight. Flight attendant had headaches and nausea and wanted checked out by medical personnel. Station manager did not meet aircraft as asked; daily ops took 2 1/2 hours to get us medics. Was transported to hospital by ambulance for blood tests and blood was not drawn till [very early morning]. Tests ok by that point; released from hospital to follow up with physician. Was transported to airport for deadhead. Take care of aircraft and ground them if they have these problems until solved as to not put crew and passengers' health and lives in jeopardy. If it does occur; take care of crew immediately. Transport to hospital immediately for testing and treatment as to not expose them to chemicals and fumes as short of time as possible. Each station needs to be aware of these situations and how to handle them!

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: The flight attendants of an Airbus A330 reported a musty sock odor in the cabin during takeoff and continued during flight. Many required medical attention.

Narrative: Old musty sock odor in cabin upon takeoff. All Flight Attendants (FA) contacted one another and captain; flight deck smelled it also; dissipated somewhat and returned; diversion was decided against and just get into [destination]. Landed just before midnight. FA had headaches and nausea and wanted checked out by medical personnel. Station Manager did not meet aircraft as asked; daily ops took 2 1/2 hours to get us medics. Was transported to hospital by ambulance for blood tests and blood was not drawn till [very early morning]. Tests ok by that point; released from hospital to follow up with physician. Was transported to airport for deadhead. Take care of aircraft and ground them if they have these problems until solved as to not put crew and passengers' health and lives in jeopardy. If it does occur; take care of crew IMMEDIATELY. Transport to hospital IMMEDIATELY for testing and treatment as to not expose them to chemicals and fumes as short of time as possible. Each station NEEDS to be aware of these situations and how to handle them!

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	1430527
Time
Date	201701
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A330
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Flight Attendant (On Duty)
Qualification	Flight Attendant Current
Person 2
Function	Flight Attendant (On Duty)
Qualification	Flight Attendant Current
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor

The flight attendants of an airbus A330 reported a musty sock odor in the cabin during takeoff and continued during flight. Many required medical attention.