SDR 2020F00040

Service difficulty report · Unknown · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
September 1, 2019
Submitted
September 14, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N632JB
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Part
Unknown
Condition
Odor
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

I (F4) WAS PERFORMING MY SAFETY DEMO, WHEN I WAS DEMONSTRATING THE OXYGEN MASK I NOTICED A STRONG MUSTY, DIRTY SOCK LIKE SMELL AND STARTED TO FEEL SLIGHTLY DISORIENTED AND DIZZY AFTER COMPLETING THE SAFETY DEMO THE F3 TOLD ME I HAD MY HANDS UP WITH THE OXYGEN MASK AND WASN’T ALIGNED TO WHAT WAS BEING SAID IN THE SAFETY DEMO PA. I TOLD HER I WASN'T FEELING WELL AND EXPLAINED SOME OF THE SYMPTOMS I WAS HAVING. I CONTINUED FEELING DISORIENTED, DIZZY AND STARTED TO FEEL SLIGHTLY NAUSEOUS. I WAS HAVING TROUBLE UNDERSTANDING MY F3 AND GIVING HER DELAYED RESPONSES. DURING THE CLIMB IS WHEN ALL MY SYMPTOMS INTENSIFIED (DISORIENTED, DIZZY, NAUSEA) AND I ALSO BEGIN TO FEEL IRRITATION AND A BURNING SENSATION IN MY EYES, NOSE AND THROAT. I ALSO FELT VERY LIGHT AND MY ENTIRE BODY WAS TINGLY. PILOTS WERE NOTIFIED OF MY SYMPTOMS AND WE RETURNED TO THE GATE, PARAMEDICS ARRIVED. AFTER EVALUATION FROM PARAMEDICS I WAS TOLD I NEEDED TO BE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. BEFORE LEAVING THE AIRCRAFT CA ASKED ME MORE DETAILS ABOUT MY SYMPTOMS AND ALSO TOLD ME THAT BOTH HIM AND THE FO SMELLED THE ODOR AND EXPERIENCED SIMILAR SYMPTOMS DURING THE DESCENT BACK TO SJU. I WAS PLACED IN AN AMBULANCE AND TAKEN TO HOSPITAL. CA, FO, F2, F3 EXPERIENCED SIMILAR SYMPTOMS AND WERE HOSPITALIZED AS WELL. WE WERE ALL TOLD BY THE DOCTOR THAT WE HAD EXPERIENCED AEROTIXITY DUE TO INHALING TOXIC FUMES FROM THE AIRCRAFT.

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