An air carrier Flight Attendant reported an inflight fume event during cabin service. Reporter experienced physiological symptoms which caused her to vomit twice during taxi to gate.

Date: 2022-02 · Aircraft: A319

Anomalies: aircraft-equipment-problem-less-severe|flight-deck-cabin-aircraft-event-illness-injury|flight-deck-cabin-aircraft-event-smoke-fire-fumes-odor

Synopsis

An air carrier Flight Attendant reported an inflight fume event during cabin service. Reporter experienced physiological symptoms which caused her to vomit twice during taxi to gate.

Narrative

During service I had a strong odor in cabin and felt dizzy and lightheaded (note: I have been having these symptoms for months so I'm not able to tell if they are related; I'd assume most likely not). I told the #2 I would most likely write a [report]. I have been going through conflicts with my Manager and she recently informed me that she was going to reprimand me after I wrote a report for passenger misconduct (passenger continued to harass me after I told him that I couldn't breathe [because] I was having difficulty wearing a mask). Thinking about recent events with my Manager (and past incidents where I was also heavily interrogated after being severely harassed by coworkers) made me scared to file a report for the odor in fear of my Manager and/or crew members. During final descent (FWD facing jumpseat) I looked down the aisle; felt light headed; clammy; short of breathe and like everything was funneling in. I left my jumpseat and puked in the lav after landing and during taxi in. I came out to disarm my door and then leaned myself on the jumpseat to compose myself. At that point I heard the #2's phone make a sound like she was snapping a picture. I went back into the lav and puked again. I do not remember bits and pieces; especially as I was leaving the plane and jet bridge.

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