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

2. SCSI Annual Int’l Aircraft Cabin Safety Symposium April 2010 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 docketwww.ntsb.gov

3. SCSI Annual Int’l Aircraft Cabin Safety Symposium April 2010 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. SCSI Annual Int’l Aircraft Cabin Safety Symposium April 2010 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. SCSI Annual Int’l Aircraft Cabin Safety Symposium April 2010 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. SCSI Annual Int’l Aircraft Cabin Safety Symposium April 2010 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. SCSI Annual Int’l Aircraft Cabin Safety Symposium April 2010 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. SCSI Annual Int’l Aircraft Cabin Safety Symposium April 2010 8 Survival Factors

9. SCSI Annual Int’l Aircraft Cabin Safety Symposium April 2010 9 Survival Factors

10. SCSI Annual Int’l Aircraft Cabin Safety Symposium April 2010 10 Survival Factors Passenger 6D holding open 1R

11. SCSI Annual Int’l Aircraft Cabin Safety Symposium April 2010 11 Survival Factors Passengers on left overwing slide

12. SCSI Annual Int’l Aircraft Cabin Safety Symposium April 2010 12 Survival Factors Passengers on right wing and slide

13. SCSI Annual Int’l Aircraft Cabin Safety Symposium April 2010 13 Door 2L 2L door and slide/raft

14. SCSI Annual Int’l Aircraft Cabin Safety Symposium April 2010 14 Forward Galley Manual inflation lanyard and ditching release handle on floor in forward galley

15. SCSI Annual Int’l Aircraft Cabin Safety Symposium April 2010 15 Overall Cabin View

16. SCSI Annual Int’l Aircraft Cabin Safety Symposium April 2010 16 Overwing 10DEF

17. SCSI Annual Int’l Aircraft Cabin Safety Symposium April 2010 17 22DEF Floor Damage

18. SCSI Annual Int’l Aircraft Cabin Safety Symposium April 2010 18 22DEF Floor Carpet removed

19. SCSI Annual Int’l Aircraft Cabin Safety Symposium April 2010 19 Aft Cabin & Galley Note: Direct view jumpseat was stowed by investigators

20. SCSI Annual Int’l Aircraft Cabin Safety Symposium April 2010 20 Aft Direct View Jumpseat

21. SCSI Annual Int’l Aircraft Cabin Safety Symposium April 2010 21 Aft Direct View Jumpseat FA received laceration on her anterior left shin including muscle

22. SCSI Annual Int’l Aircraft Cabin Safety Symposium April 2010 22 Knife storage on slide/raft