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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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