Flight attendant report regarding the noxious and toxic fumes, then smoke once ovens were turned on....

Attributes
ACN	432684
Time
Date	199903
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : zjx.artcc
State Reference	FL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zjx.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Experience	flight attendant time total : 16
ASRS Report	432684
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	cabin event : galley fire
Independent Detector	other other : cab 1
Resolutory Action	flight crew : diverted to another airport
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Company Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

A cleaning agent was used on ovens that became toxic with fumes and smoke once ovens were turned on. The smell was 'extremely pwrful' before ovens were turned on -- which became smoky once ovens were 'on' and 'heating,' creating nausea, fatigue, headache, as well as a feeling of heavy breathing due to the inhalation of 'smell and smoke.' all cleaning agents should be checked before being used on these ovens. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter states that the flight diverted to rdu instead of continuing to dca as scheduled. The flight attendants were taken directly to the hospital. There were no long term effects and the reporter was back to work again after a 48 hour recovery. Several different bases were checked to determine what kind of cleaning agents are used. Some of the bases use only soap and water, others use a variety of cleaning agents. They were unable to find out just what was used in these ovens. Reporter believes this aircraft had come from cancun. The company is aware and hopefully will follow up.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLT ATTENDANT RPT REGARDING THE NOXIOUS AND TOXIC FUMES, THEN SMOKE ONCE OVENS WERE TURNED ON. THE SMELL CAUSED NAUSEA, FATIGUE, HEADACHES AND A FEELING OF HVY BREATHING. FLT DIVERTED. CABIN ATTENDANTS WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.

Narrative: A CLEANING AGENT WAS USED ON OVENS THAT BECAME TOXIC WITH FUMES AND SMOKE ONCE OVENS WERE TURNED ON. THE SMELL WAS 'EXTREMELY PWRFUL' BEFORE OVENS WERE TURNED ON -- WHICH BECAME SMOKY ONCE OVENS WERE 'ON' AND 'HEATING,' CREATING NAUSEA, FATIGUE, HEADACHE, AS WELL AS A FEELING OF HVY BREATHING DUE TO THE INHALATION OF 'SMELL AND SMOKE.' ALL CLEANING AGENTS SHOULD BE CHKED BEFORE BEING USED ON THESE OVENS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATES THAT THE FLT DIVERTED TO RDU INSTEAD OF CONTINUING TO DCA AS SCHEDULED. THE FLT ATTENDANTS WERE TAKEN DIRECTLY TO THE HOSPITAL. THERE WERE NO LONG TERM EFFECTS AND THE RPTR WAS BACK TO WORK AGAIN AFTER A 48 HR RECOVERY. SEVERAL DIFFERENT BASES WERE CHKED TO DETERMINE WHAT KIND OF CLEANING AGENTS ARE USED. SOME OF THE BASES USE ONLY SOAP AND WATER, OTHERS USE A VARIETY OF CLEANING AGENTS. THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIND OUT JUST WHAT WAS USED IN THESE OVENS. RPTR BELIEVES THIS ACFT HAD COME FROM CANCUN. THE COMPANY IS AWARE AND HOPEFULLY WILL FOLLOW UP.

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.

Flight attendant report regarding the noxious and toxic fumes, then smoke once ovens were turned on. The smell caused nausea, fatigue, headaches and a feeling of heavy breathing. Flight diverted. Cabin attendants were taken to the hospital.