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A321 flight attendant reported smelling dirty socks when boarding. During the flight one flight attendant began to feel ill and went to the hospital the next day.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1440716 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201703 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A321 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Flight Attendant (On Duty) |
| Qualification | Flight Attendant Current |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
Smelled a dirty sock smell when boarding and during taxi. There was a sports team on board and we thought maybe they had just come from a game and had taken their shoes off and that was what we smelled. The a flight attendant said he wasn't feeling good during the flight. The next day he was taken to the er and has been in the hospital ever since.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A321 Flight Attendant reported smelling dirty socks when boarding. During the flight one flight attendant began to feel ill and went to the hospital the next day.
Narrative: Smelled a dirty sock smell when boarding and during taxi. There was a sports team on board and we thought maybe they had just come from a game and had taken their shoes off and that was what we smelled. The A Flight Attendant said he wasn't feeling good during the flight. The next day he was taken to the ER and has been in the hospital ever since.
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.