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Flight attendant reported noxious fumes and physiological symptoms during flight. Post-flight diagnosis was carbon monoxide poisoning.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1766057 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202010 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737-900 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| 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 Illness Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor |
Narrative:
I started to feel nauseous during the flight from ZZZ1 to ZZZ. After we completed service; [person a] and I started to smell a strong sour milk smell in the aft galley. It came and went about three times. We could not find a source for the smell; and no passengers complained of anything. The last time we noticed the smell was before descent. At this point my nausea had gotten worse. During final descent I started to feel a little lightheaded and dizzy. I thought it was getting better; but when I bent down to disarm my door; I had a hard time getting back up from being so lightheaded. At that point I asked [person a] if she was feeling ok. She said she had been feeling lightheaded. So during deplaning I called the [person B] and let her know what we were feeling. She told the captain who suggested we talk to a supervisor and get checked out in case it was a cabin air quality event. We were met by a supervisor who then called emts to check us out. We decided to then go to the er where we got blood tests; and it was determined that we had carbon monoxide poisoning. We listened to our bodies and paid attention when something was out of the norm.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Flight Attendant reported noxious fumes and physiological symptoms during flight. Post-flight diagnosis was carbon monoxide poisoning.
Narrative: I started to feel nauseous during the flight from ZZZ1 to ZZZ. After we completed service; [Person A] and I started to smell a strong sour milk smell in the aft galley. It came and went about three times. We could not find a source for the smell; and no passengers complained of anything. The last time we noticed the smell was before descent. At this point my nausea had gotten worse. During final descent I started to feel a little lightheaded and dizzy. I thought it was getting better; but when I bent down to disarm my door; I had a hard time getting back up from being so lightheaded. At that point I asked [Person A] if she was feeling ok. She said she had been feeling lightheaded. So during deplaning I called the [Person B] and let her know what we were feeling. She told the Captain who suggested we talk to a supervisor and get checked out in case it was a cabin air quality event. We were met by a supervisor who then called EMTs to check us out. We decided to then go to the ER where we got blood tests; and it was determined that we had carbon monoxide poisoning. We listened to our bodies and paid attention when something was out of the norm.
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.