Flight Attendant Current
Physiological - Other
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness / Injury; Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor
Flight Crew Returned To Gate; General Flight Cancelled / Delayed
Aircraft; Human Factors
Delay due to weather. Parked on tarmac for about 30 minutes when the toxic fumes became so strong in the cabin. I called the captain and told him possible TCP fumes. Smelled like burning chemicals and the odor was so strong I put a portable oxygen bottle on because I could not breathe and at that point I became incapacitated to assist in the cabin as a working flight attendant. The Captain returned to gate to let passengers and crew off the aircraft. A321 aircraft has bleed air into cabin; mechanical issue. This is maintenance or an engineering problem with the aircraft.
A321 Flight Attendant reports donning an oxygen mask; after 30 minutes of waiting for takeoff; due to foul smelling air in the cabin. The Captain is informed and the flight returns to the gate.