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A319 flight attendants reported a dirty sock odor and fumes in the cabin. After block in the cabin crew reported exposure to a fume event and went to an urgent care facility. Maintenance inspection discovered an oil leak.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1473801 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201708 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A319 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach Landing |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | APU |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Flight Attendant In Charge |
| Qualification | Flight Attendant Current |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Flight Attendant (On Duty) |
| Qualification | Flight Attendant Current |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor |
Narrative:
When we [were] leaving [the departure airport] and performing demo; we smelt a faint odor of dirty socks. It quickly disappeared once we started pushback. During the flight we did not smell any weird odors. When we were landing; wheels went down; and immediately we all three smelt a very strong dirty sock odor. I immediately grabbed a coffee pack and stayed as low to the floor as possible so as to not breathe in many chemicals. Once we performed our door duties; I called the captain to inform him I would be opening the doors to get air in the cabin. All 3 of us went to urgent care on recommendation of the fire department that met the plane. Mechanicals also did find an oil leak in the APU. They MEL'd it and had another crew work our next flight.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A319 flight attendants reported a dirty sock odor and fumes in the cabin. After block in the cabin crew reported exposure to a fume event and went to an urgent care facility. Maintenance inspection discovered an oil leak.
Narrative: When we [were] leaving [the departure airport] and performing demo; we smelt a faint odor of dirty socks. It quickly disappeared once we started pushback. During the flight we did not smell any weird odors. When we were landing; wheels went down; and immediately we all three smelt a very strong dirty sock odor. I immediately grabbed a coffee pack and stayed as low to the floor as possible so as to not breathe in many chemicals. Once we performed our door duties; I called the captain to inform him I would be opening the doors to get air in the cabin. All 3 of us went to urgent care on recommendation of the fire department that met the plane. Mechanicals also did find an oil leak in the APU. They MEL'd it and had another crew work our next flight.
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.