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US Airways flight 1549 January 15, 2009

US Airways flight 1549 January 15, 2009. Candace K. Kolander Coordinator, Air Safety , Health & Security Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, Washington, DC. Accident Details. US Airways flight 1549 January 15, 2009, about 1527 EST Airbus A320-214, N106US

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US Airways flight 1549 January 15, 2009

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  1. US Airways flight 1549 January 15, 2009 Candace K. Kolander Coordinator, Air Safety, Health & Security Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, Washington, DC

  2. Accident 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

  3. Accident 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

  4. Accident 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

  5. Survival 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

  6. Survival 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

  7. Survival 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

  8. Survival Factors

  9. Survival Factors

  10. Survival Factors Passenger 6D holding open 1R

  11. Survival Factors Passengers on left overwing slide

  12. Survival Factors Passengers on right wing and slide

  13. Door 2L 2L door and slide/raft

  14. Forward Galley Manual inflation lanyard and ditching release handle on floor in forward galley

  15. Overall Cabin View

  16. Overwing 10DEF

  17. 22DEF Floor Damage

  18. 22DEF Floor Carpet removed

  19. Aft Cabin & Galley Note: Direct view jumpseat was stowed by investigators

  20. Aft Direct View Jumpseat

  21. Aft Direct View Jumpseat FA received laceration on her anterior left shin including muscle

  22. Knife storage on slide/raft

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