<< >> NASA ASRS Report 405599, June 1998

On taxi onboard MD80S, fumes occurred in the cabin and remained throughout the flight. Aircraft taken OTS at destination for maintenance.

Attributes
ACN	405599
Time
Date	199806
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : yyz
State Reference	ON
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Super 80
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Qualification	other other : other
ASRS Report	405599
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted other
Consequence	other Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

On taxi we were smelling fumes which the captain claimed would go away after takeoff. It didn't. The fumes were very strong, burning our throats and chest. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter states that gasoline type fumes were brought to her attention on takeoff from passenger and cabin attendants and continued throughout the flight until landing. Flight crew was informed and asked for priority landing at destination. Reporter and 2 other cabin attendants saw company nurse upon arrival and were sent to the hospital where they were treated with oxygen for 30 mins and released. Aircraft was taken OTS.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ON TAXI ONBOARD MD80S, FUMES OCCURRED IN THE CABIN AND REMAINED THROUGHOUT THE FLT. ACFT TAKEN OTS AT DEST FOR MAINT.

Narrative: ON TAXI WE WERE SMELLING FUMES WHICH THE CAPT CLAIMED WOULD GO AWAY AFTER TKOF. IT DIDN'T. THE FUMES WERE VERY STRONG, BURNING OUR THROATS AND CHEST. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATES THAT GASOLINE TYPE FUMES WERE BROUGHT TO HER ATTN ON TKOF FROM PAX AND CABIN ATTENDANTS AND CONTINUED THROUGHOUT THE FLT UNTIL LNDG. FLC WAS INFORMED AND ASKED FOR PRIORITY LNDG AT DEST. RPTR AND 2 OTHER CABIN ATTENDANTS SAW COMPANY NURSE UPON ARR AND WERE SENT TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE THEY WERE TREATED WITH OXYGEN FOR 30 MINS AND RELEASED. ACFT WAS TAKEN OTS.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.