US Airways flight 1549 January 15, 2009 Candace K. Kolander Coordinator, Air Safety, Health & Security Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, Washington, DC
SCSI Annual Int’l Aircraft Cabin Safety Symposium April Accident Details US Airways flight 1549 January 15, 2009, about 1527 EST Airbus A , N106US Bird ingestion into both engines Landed in the Hudson River NTSB Accident DCA09MA026 – has entire accident docketwww.ntsb.gov
SCSI Annual Int’l Aircraft Cabin Safety Symposium April 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
SCSI Annual Int’l Aircraft Cabin Safety Symposium April 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
SCSI Annual Int’l Aircraft Cabin Safety Symposium April 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
SCSI Annual Int’l Aircraft Cabin Safety Symposium April 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
SCSI Annual Int’l Aircraft Cabin Safety Symposium April 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
SCSI Annual Int’l Aircraft Cabin Safety Symposium April Survival Factors
SCSI Annual Int’l Aircraft Cabin Safety Symposium April Survival Factors
SCSI Annual Int’l Aircraft Cabin Safety Symposium April Survival Factors Passenger 6D holding open 1R
SCSI Annual Int’l Aircraft Cabin Safety Symposium April Survival Factors Passengers on left overwing slide
SCSI Annual Int’l Aircraft Cabin Safety Symposium April Survival Factors Passengers on right wing and slide
SCSI Annual Int’l Aircraft Cabin Safety Symposium April Door 2L 2L door and slide/raft
SCSI Annual Int’l Aircraft Cabin Safety Symposium April Forward Galley Manual inflation lanyard and ditching release handle on floor in forward galley
SCSI Annual Int’l Aircraft Cabin Safety Symposium April Overall Cabin View
SCSI Annual Int’l Aircraft Cabin Safety Symposium April Overwing 10DEF
SCSI Annual Int’l Aircraft Cabin Safety Symposium April DEF Floor Damage
SCSI Annual Int’l Aircraft Cabin Safety Symposium April DEF Floor Carpet removed
SCSI Annual Int’l Aircraft Cabin Safety Symposium April Aft Cabin & Galley Note: Direct view jumpseat was stowed by investigators
SCSI Annual Int’l Aircraft Cabin Safety Symposium April Aft Direct View Jumpseat
SCSI Annual Int’l Aircraft Cabin Safety Symposium April Aft Direct View Jumpseat FA received laceration on her anterior left shin including muscle
SCSI Annual Int’l Aircraft Cabin Safety Symposium April Knife storage on slide/raft