B737-800 flight attendant reported fuel odor while awaiting takeoff clearance.

Attributes
ACN	1722105
Time
Date	202001
Place
Locale Reference	ATL.Airport
State Reference	GA
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-800
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Flight Attendant (On Duty)
Qualification	Flight Attendant Current
Events
Anomaly	Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor

Narrative:

B-737 aircraft; flight attendant 4 sitting in aft galley for taxi out. While sitting on taxiway; aircraft fuel smell entered aft galley. Did not notify captain; nothing they can do at that point and they are busy with taxi/takeoff/communication with tower.change aircraft filters like [with other aircraft] and not use air through engines to recycle through aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737-800 Flight Attendant reported fuel odor while awaiting Takeoff clearance.

Narrative: B-737 aircraft; Flight Attendant 4 sitting in aft galley for taxi out. While sitting on taxiway; aircraft fuel smell entered aft galley. Did not notify Captain; nothing they can do at that point and they are busy with taxi/takeoff/communication with Tower.Change aircraft filters like [with other aircraft] and not use air through engines to recycle through aircraft.

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.