A320
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness / Injury; Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor
General None Reported / Taken
Aircraft
Upon descent into ZZZ (after 'Prepare for Landing' and during sterile cockpit); myself (#4) and the #2 were in our jumpseats in the aft galley and began smelling something very strong. The #2 asked me; 'do you smell that?' I replied; 'Oh my god; I do! I was about to ask you the same thing.' It smelled chemically and like dirty socks. We both thought it was someone's feet or our own and joked about it until we started feeling 'strange.' At that time; I heard a guy coughing in the cabin and I looked up thinking to myself; 'dang; he must be smelling it too.' When I looked up; I saw the #1 walking through the cabin to the aft galley. When she got to the galley; she asked; 'do y'all smell that dirty sock smell?!' We both said; 'yes! We have been talking about it!' None of us had ever smelled anything like it before and the #1 said it was making her feel like she was going to pass out. She asked if she should call the flight deck and let them know. I told her yes. She called the flight deck and they replied (according to her); 'it's just south Florida.' Nothing else was done about this event and we didn't feel the best after the flight. Our flight was already over 4 hours delayed and the pilots were reassigned. I would like to hope this didn't affect their decision to not follow procedures due to them being tired. We felt 'strange.' I felt nauseated when I got to my hotel room; the #1 and #2 both expressed dizziness to me at times. It wasn't handled by procedures we don't feel like by the flight deck.
A320 Flight Attendant reported strong odor in cabin and subsequent health issues during initial approach to landing.