A330 flight attendant reported a pungent chemical fume in aft passenger cabin resulting in reported ...

Narrative:

I was flight attendant #8 at 3L door. Right after takeoff; pungent smell of chemicals came into the cabin like bleach or chlorine. My eyes; mouth and throat [were] immediately affected. Eyes watering and burning; mouth; throat dry with constant taste of bleach; nose burning. I turned to flight attendant #6 at 3R and asked if she smelled it too; and she said she smelled something and came over to my jump seat and said it's way worse on my side. I looked to the flight attendant #2 in the back at 4L and could see she was already on the phone. I walked to the back where I found odor still pretty noxious. Flight attendant #7 at 2L smelled it; but to a lesser degree and flight attendant #1 and flight attendant #9 even lesser. Appeared to be mainly on aircrafts' left with concentration at 3 and 4L door areas. This smell lasted probably a good 8-10 minutes; however the affects most of the flight. Both myself the flight attendant #8 and the flight attendant #2 experienced burning irritated eyes throughout the flight along with dry mouth and throat and headache along with burning; dry nasal passage and nasopharynx. Flight attendant #1 passed on the info immediately to the flight deck. I was told second hand through flight attendant #1 that it was raining in ZZZZ and the rain hits the runway onto old fuel and chemical spills and that's what we were smelling. Again; this began in the air shortly after takeoff.suggestions: fume events need to be taken more seriously for the safety of the crew and passengers.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A330 Flight attendant reported a pungent chemical fume in aft passenger cabin resulting in reported health issues.

Narrative: I was FA #8 at 3L door. Right after takeoff; pungent smell of chemicals came into the cabin like bleach or chlorine. My eyes; mouth and throat [were] immediately affected. Eyes watering and burning; mouth; throat dry with constant taste of bleach; nose burning. I turned to FA #6 at 3R and asked if she smelled it too; and she said she smelled something and came over to my jump seat and said it's way worse on my side. I looked to the FA #2 in the back at 4L and could see she was already on the phone. I walked to the back where I found odor still pretty noxious. FA #7 at 2L smelled it; but to a lesser degree and FA #1 and FA #9 even lesser. Appeared to be mainly on aircrafts' left with concentration at 3 and 4L door areas. This smell lasted probably a good 8-10 minutes; however the affects most of the flight. Both myself the FA #8 and the FA #2 experienced burning irritated eyes throughout the flight along with dry mouth and throat and headache along with burning; dry nasal passage and nasopharynx. FA #1 passed on the info immediately to the flight deck. I was told second hand through FA #1 that it was raining in ZZZZ and the rain hits the runway onto old fuel and chemical spills and that's what we were smelling. Again; this began in the air shortly after takeoff.Suggestions: Fume events need to be taken more seriously for the safety of the crew and passengers.

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Attributes
ACN	1649182
Time
Date	201905
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZZ.Airport
State Reference	FO
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A330
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Flight Attendant (On Duty)
Events
Anomaly	Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness

A330 flight attendant reported a pungent chemical fume in aft passenger cabin resulting in reported health issues.