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A319 flight attendant reported feeling ill after being exposed to fumes in the cabin. Other flight attendants reported similar effects; and three of them went to the hospital.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1583737 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201810 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A319 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Flight Attendant (On Duty) |
| Qualification | Flight Attendant Current |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor |
Narrative:
After takeoff; I (flight attendant 2) smelled a strong odor of dirty bleach and [experienced] a headache; dizziness; tightening of throat; nausea and burning eyes. After level off the smell dissipated. Still felt very nauseated; headache; dizziness and tightness in throat throughout the flight. On descent the same smell continued with same symptoms. Flight attendant 4 started feeling nauseated and headache. After landing I could still smell the odor and ask flight attendant 1 to come to the back of airplane and midway through the cabin she started feeling nauseated; headache and dizziness. Captain put the event in the logbook and the plane was taken out of service. Flight attendant 1; 2; and 4 went to clinic and then hospital for blood work. After 5 hours blood was taken. Results were normal. The blood work should have been drawn a lot earlier.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A319 Flight Attendant reported feeling ill after being exposed to fumes in the cabin. Other flight attendants reported similar effects; and three of them went to the hospital.
Narrative: After takeoff; I (FA 2) smelled a strong odor of dirty bleach and [experienced] a headache; dizziness; tightening of throat; nausea and burning eyes. After level off the smell dissipated. Still felt very nauseated; headache; dizziness and tightness in throat throughout the flight. On descent the same smell continued with same symptoms. FA 4 started feeling nauseated and headache. After landing I could still smell the odor and ask FA 1 to come to the back of airplane and midway through the cabin she started feeling nauseated; headache and dizziness. Captain put the event in the logbook and the plane was taken out of service. FA 1; 2; and 4 went to clinic and then hospital for blood work. After 5 hours blood was taken. Results were normal. The blood work should have been drawn a lot earlier.
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.