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A319 flight attendant reported sudden onset of toxic acrid fumes in the cabin resulting in health issues.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1631199 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201903 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A319 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise Initial Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Flight Attendant (On Duty) |
| Qualification | Flight Attendant Current |
| Experience | Flight Attendant Airline Total 34 Flight Attendant Number Of Acft Qualified On 7 Flight Attendant Total 34 Flight Attendant Type 25 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness |
Narrative:
The fume event was a sudden onset of a toxic acrid mix. A haze developed throughout the cabin and passengers were suddenly turning on air vents with some breathing through clothing to cover their nose and mouth. The haze immediately caused a burning sensation to the eyes; nose and throat. My sinuses also burned and the smell was overwhelming and led to a bad headache dizziness and general nausea feeling that then became a general malaise sick feeling combined with a suffocating reaction that lasted for 10 minutes till landing and then another 10 minutes for taxi in to the gate. The haze did not dissipate until the forward cabin door was opened. There were 2 other fas sitting in the extra cabin jump seats that were sickened by this event. The pilots were notified on taxi in that we were in the midst of a fume event and they also concurred and filled out a cockpit report that they had dealt with it too. Myself and the rest of the crew did not feel well after this happened for the remainder of the duty day until the following morning.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A319 Flight Attendant reported sudden onset of toxic acrid fumes in the cabin resulting in health issues.
Narrative: The fume event was a sudden onset of a toxic acrid mix. A haze developed throughout the cabin and passengers were suddenly turning on air vents with some breathing through clothing to cover their nose and mouth. The haze immediately caused a burning sensation to the eyes; nose and throat. My sinuses also burned and the smell was overwhelming and led to a bad headache dizziness and general nausea feeling that then became a general malaise sick feeling combined with a suffocating reaction that lasted for 10 minutes till landing and then another 10 minutes for taxi in to the gate. The haze did not dissipate until the forward cabin door was opened. There were 2 other FAs sitting in the extra cabin jump seats that were sickened by this event. The pilots were notified on taxi in that we were in the midst of a fume event and they also concurred and filled out a cockpit report that they had dealt with it too. Myself and the rest of the crew did not feel well after this happened for the remainder of the duty day until the following morning.
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.