Commercial Fixed Wing
Physiological - Other
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness / Injury
Flight Crew Took Evasive Action; General Work Refused; General Evacuated; General Physical Injury / Incapacitation
Aircraft; Human Factors
At [the] gate; Skydrol exposure occurred while waiting for pushback. Asked if he smelled something he said no stuffy sinuses. I walked back and asked the b and the extra to walk through the cabin and they both said they smelled dirty socks. I called the Captain on the interphone and said we had a strong dirty sock smell throughout the cabin. He said disarm doors. An agent came to open the door; took one step in then backed up from the overbearing smell before proceeding. I told her we needed to get the passengers off. I called the Captain to open the door which he did and agreed they should deplane. As soon as the cockpit door opened they said they too smelled the odor. I made a PA for all passengers to deplane with belongings. The pilot was speaking [with] maintenance and the maintenance worker said it was just wet AC packs and the second flight of the night reporting it. The Captain said he was going by his checklist procedures and deplaning all. I began to feel nauseated and went to the lavatory with dry heaves. I could not hear the Captain's announcement due to that. I also got a mask to curtail the smell and went back in the cockpit to say we would need medical attention and intended to go to the hospital. This airline is not recognizing this as a fume exposure due to hazardous work environment. They are charging each Flight Attendant ON THE CREW WITH A SICK CALL! This is an on the job injury. Likewise; when they changed the passengers to another plane and added that tail number to it; the wrong tail number gets inputted into the safety report.
At gate Skydrol exposure occurred while waiting for pushback. I was 'B' Flight Attendant in the aft galley and the 'A' Flight Attendant asked me if I could walk through the cabin to see if I could smell a foul odor. I walked through and detected a 'dirty sock smell'. The 'A' Flight Attendant notified the Captain of the odor; and he instructed us to disarm doors. The Captain then made an announcement that an odor was detected and that we were going to deplane the aircraft. We immediately deplaned the aircraft. I felt slightly nauseous and informed the gate agent that I would like to be examined by paramedics. I was examined by the paramedic; and we subsequently went to [the] hospital for further tests. According to our union; this aircraft was involved in 3 odor events shortly before this incident. The aircraft should have been taken out of service until the odor problem was irrefutably solved.
Flight Attendant reported strong Skydrol fumes in cabin requiring crew and passengers to be deplaned.