Airbus 318/319/320/321 Undifferentiated
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Physiological - Other
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical; Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness / Injury; Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor
General Physical Injury / Incapacitation
Aircraft
Fumes; dirty sock smell; after descent below 10;000 FT upon throttle up at 7;000 FT. Heavy smell at first then after a minute or 2; subsided in intensity until at the gate. 'D' Flight Attendant went for medical evaluation.
The Reporter stated that the aircraft had CFM 56 engines but he does not know the source of the odor. The APU was not operating at the time.
An A321 Captain reported that during descent after the engines were throttled up at 7;000 FT a dirty socks smell was detected for up to two minutes; then it subsided.