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A321 flight attendant reported a very strong fuel smell as the aircraft accelerates for takeoff. The odor was detected by the flight crew as well; but began to diminish passing through 10;000 feet. Other flight attendants detected the odor and some felt nausea but the flight continued to destination.

Attributes
ACN	1349181
Time
Date	201604
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A321
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Air Conditioning Distribution System
Person 1
Function	Flight Attendant (On Duty)
Experience	Flight Attendant Airline Total 15 Flight Attendant Number Of Acft Qualified On 6 Flight Attendant Total 15 Flight Attendant Type 95
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor

Narrative:

Upon rolling down the runway for takeoff an extremely heavy fuel smell permeated the cabin in all areas. It was so bad that we flight attendants felt nauseous; light headed and 2 of the 4 of us nearly passed out. [It] stayed very heavy all the way through the 10;000 foot climb. After that it began to subside. The cockpit also told us that they had the very heavy smell also. I know this cannot be healthy and upon discussing this with other flight crew; this is not an isolated event. I personally filed every report I could think of along with an injury on duty. I had headaches for several days following this event and didn't feel right in the head.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A321 Flight Attendant reported a very strong fuel smell as the aircraft accelerates for takeoff. The odor was detected by the flight crew as well; but began to diminish passing through 10;000 feet. Other Flight Attendants detected the odor and some felt nausea but the flight continued to destination.

Narrative: Upon rolling down the runway for takeoff an extremely heavy fuel smell permeated the cabin in all areas. It was so bad that we flight attendants felt nauseous; light headed and 2 of the 4 of us nearly passed out. [It] stayed very heavy all the way through the 10;000 foot climb. After that it began to subside. The cockpit also told us that they had the very heavy smell also. I know this cannot be healthy and upon discussing this with other flight crew; this is not an isolated event. I personally filed every report I could think of along with an injury on duty. I had headaches for several days following this event and didn't feel right in the head.

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.