us airways flight 1549 january 15, 2009 candace k. kolander coordinator, air safety, health &...
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US Airways flight 1549
January 15, 2009
Candace K. KolanderCoordinator, Air Safety, Health & Security
Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, Washington, DC
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Accident DetailsAccident Details
• US Airways flight 1549
• January 15, 2009, about 1527 EST
• Airbus A320-214, N106US
• Bird ingestion into both engines
• Landed in the Hudson River
• NTSB Accident DCA09MA026– www.ntsb.gov has entire accident docket
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Accident DetailsAccident Details
• Scheduled flight: – New York La Guardia (LGA) to
Charlotte, NC (CLT)
• 150 passengers and 5 crewmembers
• 1 FA and 4 Pax seriously injured
• Evacuation successful
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Accident DetailsAccident Details
• Robert Benzon – NTSB IIC
• 9 parties to the investigation– US Airways, BEA France, Airbus, NATCA,
USAPA, AFA, FAA, IAM, GE CFM
• 13 Groups formed– Structures, operations, powerplants, ATC,
CVR, aircraft performance, emergency response and survival factors
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Survival FactorsSurvival Factors
• Group Chairman’s Factual Report is 186 pages
• The SF docket section has 28 exhibits
• Passengers– 95 adult men, 52 adult women, 3 children
(two girls ages 6 & 4; one boy-9 months)– Phone or paper interviews done
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Survival FactorsSurvival Factors
• Aircraft configuration:– 12 first class; 138 coach– 5 FA jumpseats (2 aft facing at 1L; 1 fwd-
facing bulkhead mounted “direct view” in aft aisle; 2 aft facing in aft galley on each side of galley)
• Extended Overwater Equipped (EOW) Aircraft although not required for that flight segment
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Survival FactorsSurvival Factors
Extended Overwater Equipped (EOW)– Crew life vests at every jumpseat– Passenger life vests at every seat – Flotation seat cushions– 10 infant life vests– 2 ELTs– 4 slide/rafts– 4 survival kits– 4 life lines
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Survival FactorsSurvival Factors
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Survival FactorsSurvival Factors
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Survival FactorsSurvival Factors
Passenger 6D holding open 1R
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Survival FactorsSurvival Factors
Passengers on left overwing slide
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Survival FactorsSurvival Factors
Passengers on right wing and slide
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Door 2L Door 2L
2L door and slide/raft
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Forward GalleyForward Galley
Manual inflation lanyard and ditching release handle on floor in forward galley
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Overall Cabin ViewOverall Cabin View
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Overwing 10DEFOverwing 10DEF
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22DEF Floor Damage22DEF Floor Damage
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22DEF Floor Carpet removed22DEF Floor Carpet removed
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Aft Cabin & GalleyAft Cabin & Galley
Note: Direct view jumpseat was stowed by investigators
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Aft Direct View JumpseatAft Direct View Jumpseat
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Aft Direct View JumpseatAft Direct View Jumpseat
FA received laceration on her anterior left shin including muscle
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Knife storage on slide/raftKnife storage on slide/raft