Two emb-175 flight attendants reported cabin crew and passengers experienced light-headedness and na...

Attributes
ACN	1625819
Time
Date	201903
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	EMB ERJ 170/175 ER/LR
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Flight Attendant (On Duty)
Person 2
Function	Flight Attendant (On Duty)
Events
Anomaly	Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor

Narrative:

Upon takeoff; the cabin started to smell like dirty gym socks causing the passengers and the entire crew [to become] light headed and nauseated due to smell. As you go to the aft of the aircraft; the smell was stronger. During descent; the smell was getting stronger. We notified the flight deck in regards to the incident and the aircraft landed without incident and parked at the gate.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Two EMB-175 flight attendants reported cabin crew and passengers experienced light-headedness and nausea symptoms due to cabin air smell of dirty socks.

Narrative: Upon takeoff; the cabin started to smell like dirty gym socks causing the passengers and the entire crew [to become] light headed and nauseated due to smell. As you go to the aft of the aircraft; the smell was stronger. During descent; the smell was getting stronger. We notified the flight deck in regards to the incident and the aircraft landed without incident and parked at the gate.

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.

Two emb-175 flight attendants reported cabin crew and passengers experienced light-headedness and nausea symptoms due to cabin air smell of dirty socks.