A330 flight attendant reported a potent smell in the aft section of the aircraft while performing pr...

Narrative:

Outbound crew noticed during their preflight duties an extremely potent smell near the aft section of aircraft. Flight attendant (flight attendant) 1 was notified of the smell immediately. FA1 notified the captain who then notified maintenance. An inflight manager was also notified. Air circulation on the aircraft caused the entire flight crew to become overwhelmed with the fumes resulting in headaches; reddened eyes; coughing and breathing difficulties. The captain and the inflight manager ask the crew to leave the aircraft and return to the boarding area. FA1 had extremely bloodshot eyes and requested medical attention. The captain filed a fume event report. The flight was eventually canceled.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A330 Flight Attendant reported a potent smell in the aft section of the aircraft while performing pre-flight duties. Eventually the entire crew was negatively affected by this odor.

Narrative: Outbound crew noticed during their preflight duties an extremely potent smell near the aft section of aircraft. Flight Attendant (FA) 1 was notified of the smell immediately. FA1 notified the Captain who then notified Maintenance. An inflight manager was also notified. Air circulation on the aircraft caused the entire flight crew to become overwhelmed with the fumes resulting in headaches; reddened eyes; coughing and breathing difficulties. The Captain and the inflight manager ask the crew to leave the aircraft and return to the boarding area. FA1 had extremely bloodshot eyes and requested medical attention. The Captain filed a fume event report. The flight was eventually canceled.

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	1437931
Time
Date	201703
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A330
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Flight Attendant (On Duty)
Qualification	Flight Attendant Current
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor

A330 flight attendant reported a potent smell in the aft section of the aircraft while performing pre-flight duties. Eventually the entire crew was negatively affected by this odor.