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Flight attendant reported a 'rotten eggs' odor shortly after engine start which steadily worsened. Flight attendants reported health issues. Aircraft has a history of odors.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1681227 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201908 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Flight Attendant In Charge |
| Qualification | Flight Attendant Current |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor |
Narrative:
Air quality issue. Before takeoff; [I] was informed by captain that there were three pages of write ups on the aft galley smell. We didn't smell anything during boarding; so we said we were fine. The aft flight attendants said the stench came in really strong once the engines started revving for takeoff and the whole climb. It was a rotten egg smell x100. Similar to the smell of hydrogen sulfide. During cruise; it wasn't as strong but there were times where the smell would come back for a few minutes throughout the flight. The aft fas [flight attendants] said the smell came back even worse on descent. The B flight attendant; C flight attendant; and I all had headaches during flight. I felt dizzy during parts of the service. Felt fine when I got off the plane until later that night I felt a little dizzy again. When there's three pages of write ups on an odor; we shouldn't be flying that plane.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Flight Attendant reported a 'rotten eggs' odor shortly after engine start which steadily worsened. Flight attendants reported health issues. Aircraft has a history of odors.
Narrative: Air quality issue. Before takeoff; [I] was informed by Captain that there were three pages of write ups on the aft galley smell. We didn't smell anything during boarding; so we said we were fine. The aft flight attendants said the stench came in really strong once the engines started revving for takeoff and the whole climb. It was a rotten egg smell x100. Similar to the smell of hydrogen sulfide. During cruise; it wasn't as strong but there were times where the smell would come back for a few minutes throughout the flight. The aft FAs [Flight Attendants] said the smell came back even worse on descent. The B FA; C FA; and I all had headaches during flight. I felt dizzy during parts of the service. Felt fine when I got off the plane until later that night I felt a little dizzy again. When there's three pages of write ups on an odor; we shouldn't be flying that plane.
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.