All crew members began to feel irritated eyes; nose; throat; nausea and headaches during a climb pha...

Narrative:

During the climb phase of flight we began to smell a very strong odor (to me smelled similar to a bleach or clorox type smell). We had no smoke associated with this smell and so I opened ram air to help ventilate the aircraft. This helped a great deal but we as a crew had still been affected by this odor/fume. This caused headaches; nausea; burning eyes; nose; and throat. We then contacted dispatch to patch us through to maintenance and we all agreed it would be best to divert and have the plane and crew checked out before putting any passengers on board. All the crew members had irritated eyes; nose; throat; and headaches. We were told this event occurred due to a recent maintenance servicing check in which they lubed the engine bleed valves. Not a safety issue or toxic fumes or any emergency; just a very uncomfortable situation for the crew members. The flight crew contacted dispatch and maintenance to inform them of the situation and help trouble shoot the problem and determine a solution. We all have communicated among each other in the various departments to make everyone aware of the situation. This should help to prevent this problem in the future.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: All Crew members began to feel irritated eyes; nose; throat; nausea and headaches during a climb phase in an DC-9-87 aircraft. Flight diverted. The Crew was informed that Maintenance had recently lubed the JT8D-217C engine Bleed Valves.

Narrative: During the climb phase of flight we began to smell a very strong odor (to me smelled similar to a bleach or Clorox type smell). We had no smoke associated with this smell and so I opened Ram Air to help ventilate the aircraft. This helped a great deal but we as a Crew had still been affected by this odor/fume. This caused headaches; nausea; burning eyes; nose; and throat. We then contacted Dispatch to patch us through to Maintenance and we all agreed it would be best to divert and have the plane and Crew checked out before putting any passengers on board. All the Crew members had irritated eyes; nose; throat; and headaches. We were told this event occurred due to a recent Maintenance Servicing Check in which they lubed the engine bleed valves. Not a safety issue or toxic fumes or any emergency; just a very uncomfortable situation for the crew members. The Flight Crew contacted Dispatch and Maintenance to inform them of the situation and help trouble shoot the problem and determine a solution. We all have communicated among each other in the various departments to make everyone aware of the situation. This should help to prevent this problem in the future.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

Attributes
ACN	887337
Time
Date	201005
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dawn
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	MD-87
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Component
Aircraft Component	Pneumatic Valve/Bleed Valve
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness

All crew members began to feel irritated eyes; nose; throat; nausea and headaches during a climb phase in an dc-9-87 aircraft. Flight diverted. The crew was informed that maintenance had recently lubed the JT8D-217C engine bleed valves.