A320
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Physiological - Other; Time Pressure; Situational Awareness
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical; Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor; Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness / Injury
Flight Crew FLC complied w / Automation / Advisory; Flight Crew Returned To Departure Airport; Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition; General Release Refused / Aircraft Not Accepted; General Declared Emergency
Aircraft
After takeoff at approximately 1;000 FT; flight deck fumes of unknown origin. Flight attendants reported fumes in cabin as well. Declared emergency and returned to the departure airport. Taxied to gate and off loaded all passengers. Flight crew and flight attendants; all reported eye irritation; sore throats; [and] headaches. Flight crew used oxygen 100% per Smoke/Fume QRH procedure. QRH procedure accomplished and emergency landing at the departure airport.
An A320 crew detected fumes of unknown origin after takeoff; so the pilots donned oxygen masks; declared an emergency; completed the QRH and returned to the departure airport where the crew reported sore throats and burning eyes.