Narrative:

Upon arrival into phl, crew noticed strong solvent/chemical fume. Captain and first officer became very nauseous, flight engineer became dizzy. Also had acm on board who became extremely nauseous and burning eyes. Crew informed ATC that they had a possible hazardous material spill and to expedite arrival into phl. Crew was told by ZDC controller that didn't we realize we were 'in the busiest area in the world and no we couldn't go direct phl.' crew still didn't feel the need to declare emergency. Crew made an uneventful landing into phl. Aircraft (dc-8- 71) was parked on taxiway by runway 27L and crew exited aircraft via stairs and was taken to hospital for evaluation. Crew found ok. Supplemental information from acn 294584: I asked for priority handling. ZDC refused my request 3 times. Did not declare an emergency. Situation got worse and all crew members felt ill. I gave approach the story and they must have declared an emergency for us. They referred to us as the 'emergency' to other aircraft. We had to situation in the aircraft for approximately 20 mins before stairs arrived. Did not feel safe going down the slide in our diminished capacities. Entire crew was taken to hospital. First officer was described as 'borderline critical' in ambulance. Company has no established procedure for 'fume evacuate/evacuation.' callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: during callback flight crew member was queried to see if there was any knowledge of where the fumes originated or what the source was. It was still undetermined at the time of the callback.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FUMES IN COCKPIT.

Narrative: UPON ARR INTO PHL, CREW NOTICED STRONG SOLVENT/CHEMICAL FUME. CAPT AND FO BECAME VERY NAUSEOUS, FE BECAME DIZZY. ALSO HAD ACM ON BOARD WHO BECAME EXTREMELY NAUSEOUS AND BURNING EYES. CREW INFORMED ATC THAT THEY HAD A POSSIBLE HAZARDOUS MATERIAL SPILL AND TO EXPEDITE ARR INTO PHL. CREW WAS TOLD BY ZDC CTLR THAT DIDN'T WE REALIZE WE WERE 'IN THE BUSIEST AREA IN THE WORLD AND NO WE COULDN'T GO DIRECT PHL.' CREW STILL DIDN'T FEEL THE NEED TO DECLARE EMER. CREW MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LNDG INTO PHL. ACFT (DC-8- 71) WAS PARKED ON TXWY BY RWY 27L AND CREW EXITED ACFT VIA STAIRS AND WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL FOR EVALUATION. CREW FOUND OK. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 294584: I ASKED FOR PRIORITY HANDLING. ZDC REFUSED MY REQUEST 3 TIMES. DID NOT DECLARE AN EMER. SIT GOT WORSE AND ALL CREW MEMBERS FELT ILL. I GAVE APCH THE STORY AND THEY MUST HAVE DECLARED AN EMER FOR US. THEY REFERRED TO US AS THE 'EMER' TO OTHER ACFT. WE HAD TO SIT IN THE ACFT FOR APPROX 20 MINS BEFORE STAIRS ARRIVED. DID NOT FEEL SAFE GOING DOWN THE SLIDE IN OUR DIMINISHED CAPACITIES. ENTIRE CREW WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL. FO WAS DESCRIBED AS 'BORDERLINE CRITICAL' IN AMBULANCE. COMPANY HAS NO ESTABLISHED PROC FOR 'FUME EVAC.' CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: DURING CALLBACK FLC MEMBER WAS QUERIED TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY KNOWLEDGE OF WHERE THE FUMES ORIGINATED OR WHAT THE SOURCE WAS. IT WAS STILL UNDETERMINED AT THE TIME OF THE CALLBACK.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.