Narrative:

After takeoff; as flight attendant #1; I got a call from cockpit around or at 10;000 ft. About fumes/odor. He made an all call. The 2 and 4 [flight attendants] smelled something and stated they felt dizzy. They stated they all had headaches; which I said I also had gotten since we took off. I recognized the scent as something from the chemicals that maintenances uses on the aircraft on the ground; like deicing in the engines or a chemical burning off. The captain stated they were also smelling it in the cockpit. The captain stated we'd be going back to ZZZ at that point. No passengers complained until arriving in ZZZ (they were both crew members dead heading; which noticed and recognized the original scent). Upon final decent and after preparation for landing; while strapped in my jumpseat; my throat started to feel like it was getting very irritated and scratchy. I also started to feel very light headed and dizzy; almost lethargic. My headache remained and increased in intensity. We landed and de-planed. Management met the flight; but we continued to be on the aircraft. As I did my final walk through; I notice the odor/fumes were extremely strong between the 3 lr and 4 lr doors. They burned my throat and caused me to feel like I wanted to cough. Catering came to 4L and opened the door; which dissipated the odor/fumes in the cabin. The crew de-plane the aircraft. We were escorted to operations where we calls the on call nurse; who referred us to an emergency room. Myself and the three other flight attendants receive treatment in the emergency room and were released. Suggestions: there should be a set protocol for an immediate lab test for specific blood gasses; levels of certain chemicals and toxins. We were stalled and left in the fumes with deplaning and calling unnecessary nurses when we were seeking treatment no matter what. The airbus needs an investigation on these fume/odor events. This was my first and it was extremely frightening. I felt like I was almost having decompression symptoms with the light headedness.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A321 Flight Attendant reported physiological symptoms due to cabin fume in cabin during initial climb.

Narrative: After takeoff; as Flight Attendant #1; I got a call from cockpit around or at 10;000 ft. about fumes/odor. He made an all call. The 2 and 4 [flight attendants] smelled something and stated they felt dizzy. They stated they all had headaches; which I said I also had gotten since we took off. I recognized the scent as something from the chemicals that maintenances uses on the aircraft on the ground; like deicing in the engines or a chemical burning off. The captain stated they were also smelling it in the cockpit. The Captain stated we'd be going back to ZZZ at that point. No passengers complained until arriving in ZZZ (they were both crew members dead heading; which noticed and recognized the original scent). Upon final decent and after preparation for landing; while strapped in my jumpseat; my throat started to feel like it was getting very irritated and scratchy. I also started to feel very light headed and dizzy; almost lethargic. My headache remained and increased in intensity. We landed and de-planed. Management met the flight; but we continued to be on the aircraft. As I did my final walk through; I notice the odor/fumes were extremely strong between the 3 LR and 4 LR doors. They burned my throat and caused me to feel like I wanted to cough. Catering came to 4L and opened the door; which dissipated the odor/fumes in the cabin. The crew de-plane the aircraft. We were escorted to Operations where we calls the on call nurse; Who referred us to an emergency room. Myself and the three other flight attendants receive treatment in the emergency room and were released. Suggestions: There should be a set protocol for an immediate lab test for specific blood gasses; levels of certain chemicals and toxins. We were stalled and left in the fumes with deplaning and calling unnecessary nurses when we were seeking treatment no matter what. The Airbus needs an investigation on these fume/odor events. This was my first and it was extremely frightening. I felt like I was almost having decompression symptoms with the light headedness.

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.