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B737-800 flight attendant reported strong dirty socks odor in cabin resulting in physiological issues.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1710498 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201912 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737-800 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Flight Attendant (On Duty) |
| Qualification | Flight Attendant Current |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness |
Narrative:
During takeoff started to smell a dirty sock smell; asked flight attendant 1 if she smelled anything odd. She confirmed she did. Dirty sock smell became stronger. Asked flight attendant 2 if they smelled anything in their area (aft galley). They did not. Flight attendant 2 came up to see what the smell was; confirmed she smelled dirty socks. While discussing with flight attendant 1; I excused myself feeling light headed/dizzy and speedy heart palpitations and went to back of aircraft to get away from the smell. Flight attendant 4 then went to fwd galley and confirmed he smelled odor. Flight attendant 2 came back to galley not feeling well and flight attendant 4 as well. Flight attendant 1 was experiencing lightheaded. I let the pilots know what the situation was (odor/location/symptoms) asked if they could check on it for us. They couldn't conclude anything at that time as smell dissipated. We grabbed an O2 from the back of aircraft and breathing that helped a bit; was used by flight attendant 2; flight attendant 4; and I. Did not experience odor on descent. Experienced cough after incident. Flight attendant 2 still felt light headed; flight attendant 1; flight attendant 4 and I felt better by end of flight except for my cough.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737-800 Flight Attendant reported strong dirty socks odor in cabin resulting in physiological issues.
Narrative: During takeoff started to smell a dirty sock smell; asked Flight Attendant 1 if she smelled anything odd. She confirmed she did. Dirty sock smell became stronger. Asked Flight Attendant 2 if they smelled anything in their area (aft galley). They did not. Flight Attendant 2 came up to see what the smell was; confirmed she smelled dirty socks. While discussing with Flight Attendant 1; I excused myself feeling light headed/dizzy and speedy heart palpitations and went to back of aircraft to get away from the smell. Flight Attendant 4 then went to FWD galley and confirmed he smelled odor. Flight Attendant 2 came back to galley not feeling well and Flight Attendant 4 as well. Flight Attendant 1 was experiencing lightheaded. I let the pilots know what the situation was (odor/location/symptoms) asked if they could check on it for us. They couldn't conclude anything at that time as smell dissipated. We grabbed an O2 from the back of aircraft and breathing that helped a bit; was used by Flight Attendant 2; Flight Attendant 4; and I. Did not experience odor on descent. Experienced cough after incident. Flight Attendant 2 still felt light headed; Flight Attendant 1; Flight Attendant 4 and I felt better by end of flight except for my cough.
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.