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Attributes | |
ACN | 1708547 |
Time | |
Date | 201911 |
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 | Descent |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Person 1 | |
Function | Flight Attendant (On Duty) |
Experience | Flight Attendant Airline Total 2.5 Flight Attendant Number Of Acft Qualified On 10 Flight Attendant Total 2.5 Flight Attendant Type 45 |
Events | |
Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness |
Narrative:
During descent into ZZZ. Me and a fellow flight attendant were sitting in our jump seats when a potent smell of vomit came over us. We looked in the cabin to ensure there were no passengers getting sick or waving us down for help. Everything was calm in the cabin and at that point the smell turned into a dirty socks/gym smell at that point the other flight attendant and I knew it was a cabin odor event. We called up to the flight attendant at the front of the cabin and asked she could also smell what we were smelling and she confirmed. From there on the smell turned into a more chemical fuel smell. At that point the landing gear and coming down and we were about to land. We as the crew decided to let the captain know once we had landed and it was safe to call them. As soon as we started taxiing into our gate I called and inform the cabin of the smells and how we were feeling. We all started to feel a bit dizzy; very fatigued; nauseas and our heads were pounding. The moment we stood up to do our duty of disarming the doors we all felt very sick and something was not right. We went ahead and let a manager on duty know at ZZZ and have a manager and mechanics meet the flight so we could thoroughly explain what we had smelled and felt during the event. After we had talked to the captain; the mechanics; and the manager we knew as a crew we had to get checked out because we were not fit to fly and none of us were feeling well by any means.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A-319 Flight Attendant crew reported a fume event which resulted in physiological symptoms. Cabin crew received medical evaluation at destination.
Narrative: During descent into ZZZ. Me and a fellow Flight Attendant were sitting in our jump seats when a potent smell of vomit came over us. We looked in the cabin to ensure there were no passengers getting sick or waving us down for help. Everything was calm in the cabin and at that point the smell turned into a dirty socks/gym smell at that point the other Flight Attendant and I knew it was a cabin odor event. We called up to the Flight Attendant at the front of the cabin and asked she could also smell what we were smelling and she confirmed. From there on the smell turned into a more chemical fuel smell. At that point the landing gear and coming down and we were about to land. We as the crew decided to let the Captain know once we had landed and it was safe to call them. As soon as we started taxiing into our gate I called and inform the cabin of the smells and how we were feeling. We all started to feel a bit dizzy; very fatigued; nauseas and our heads were pounding. The moment we stood up to do our duty of disarming the doors we all felt very sick and something was not right. We went ahead and let a manager on duty know at ZZZ and have a manager and mechanics meet the flight so we could thoroughly explain what we had smelled and felt during the event. After we had talked to the Captain; the mechanics; and the manager we knew as a crew we had to get checked out because we were not fit to fly and none of us were feeling well by any means.
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.