Narrative:

That evening we began our shift working flight. From the moment we step on the jet bridge there was a strong odor consumed that area it smelled like heavy plastic fuel and some kind of chemical odor. Upon entering the plane I notice that was very strong. Captain mentioned the plane had a problem with the packs; it had a 10 day history. During our boarding a few passengers asked what that smell was? The captain acknowledged over the PA that the odor should lessen once we would take off. We had a ten minute mechanical due too flashing red lights in the cockpit. During the flight the odor somewhat lessened; but as soon as we started to descent the odor seemed to intensify. During the descent I was feeling dizzy; nauseous; weak and [had a] strong headache. After landing the captain mentioned that in the cockpit he could taste the odor in his mouth. Flight attendant Y and I as well as the crew officers seemed to be experiencing similar kinds of symptoms. At the gate we were greeted by a supervisor who met our flight and we began to brief him as we walked to our next flight; which we had less than 30 minutes to proceed to our next destination. While in the air; the purser asked the captain if we could receive some kind of medical or EMS assistance. His response was (are you kidding). Once we landed; the EMS met us after all passengers deplaned. EMS took our vitals and suggested that we should go to the hospital. We agreed and were taken by ambulance to the hospital. We stayed in the hospital for the entire night; finally getting room at xa:30am. [A] hospital staff nurse and [a] doctor took our vitals and blood as well as set us up with oxygen. [The] nurse reported to all of us that we had (low level of oxygen as well as low level of cyanide poisoning). I was asked to then remove all my clothes put them in a green bag and put on a gown. Nurse then came back in my room and hooked me up to an I.V. And I was monitor very closely for the rest of the night. Our base manager had been in contact with [our] purser through his phone until he showed up. It wasn't until five hours later that I was eventually released and cleared to go home and was discharged. For a least two days I suffered from painful headache and feeling exhausted (run down). I believe this situation was missing communication that we expressed to our captain through the resource management program.

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Title: An A319 flight crew and flight attendants detected a chemical smell while boarding the aircraft. The entire crew felt ill during descent and flight attendants were taken to the hospital after their next leg was over. A fuel sump leak was found by Maintenance; which allowed fuel fumes to enter the air conditioning system.

Narrative: That evening we began our shift working flight. From the moment we step on the jet bridge there was a strong odor consumed that area it smelled like heavy plastic fuel and some kind of chemical odor. Upon entering the plane I notice that was very strong. Captain mentioned the plane had a problem with the packs; it had a 10 day history. During our boarding a few passengers asked what that smell was? The Captain acknowledged over the PA that the odor should lessen once we would take off. We had a ten minute mechanical due too flashing red lights in the cockpit. During the flight the odor somewhat lessened; but as soon as we started to descent the odor seemed to intensify. During the descent I was feeling dizzy; nauseous; weak and [had a] strong headache. After landing the Captain mentioned that in the cockpit he could taste the odor in his mouth. Flight Attendant Y and I as well as the crew officers seemed to be experiencing similar kinds of symptoms. At the gate we were greeted by a Supervisor who met our flight and we began to brief him as we walked to our next flight; which we had less than 30 minutes to proceed to our next destination. While in the air; the Purser asked the Captain if we could receive some kind of medical or EMS assistance. His response was (are you kidding). Once we landed; the EMS met us after all passengers deplaned. EMS took our vitals and suggested that we should go to the hospital. We agreed and were taken by ambulance to the hospital. We stayed in the hospital for the entire night; finally getting room at XA:30am. [A] hospital Staff Nurse and [a] Doctor took our vitals and blood as well as set us up with oxygen. [The] Nurse reported to all of us that we had (low level of oxygen as well as low level of cyanide poisoning). I was asked to then remove all my clothes put them in a green bag and put on a gown. Nurse then came back in my room and hooked me up to an I.V. and I was monitor very closely for the rest of the night. Our base Manager had been in contact with [our] Purser through his phone until he showed up. It wasn't until five hours later that I was eventually released and cleared to go home and was discharged. For a least two days I suffered from painful headache and feeling exhausted (Run Down). I believe this situation was missing communication that we expressed to our Captain through the resource management program.

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.