A319
Flight Attendant Current
Physiological - Other
Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness / Injury; Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor
Flight Crew Overcame Equipment Problem; General Flight Cancelled / Delayed; General Maintenance Action
Aircraft
Approximately 15 minutes prior to landing an intense; heavy; wet-like; moldy smell overcame the cabin.  Within seconds my eyes were burning and with within minutes I had a headache.  Smell lasted through landing and during deplaning but not quite as intense during deplane.  The pilot to take aircraft out was on the jet bridge and noticed the smell.  Maintenance was called and plane was removed from service.
Deadheading on Aircraft X. Seated in XXD. During initial descent noticed chemical smell; checked with [deadheading flight attendant] seated behind me and she noticed as well. Working Flight Attendant #1 stopped by both of us shortly after to confirm what the working crew was smelling. We confirmed status of crew in jetway after deplaning flight.
A319 Flight Attendant on duty and deadheading Flight Attendant reported an 'intense; heavy; wet; moldy' smell throughout the cabin during initial descent which lasted until deplaning.