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Final Report: US Airways 1549
« on: May 31, 2010, 12:50:44 PM »
"The NTSB released their final report on May 29th 2010. Earlier the NTSB Board concluded in a meeting on May 4th 2010, that the probable cause of the accident was:

The ingestion of large birds into each engine, which resulted in an almost total loss of thrust in both engines and the subsequent ditching on the Hudson River.

Contributing to the fuselage damage and resulting unavailability of the aft slide/rafts were

(1) the Federal Aviation Administration’s approval of ditching certification without determining whether pilots could attain the ditching parameters without engine thrust,

(2) the lack of industry flight crew training and guidance on ditching techniques, and

(3) the captain’s resulting difficulty maintaining his intended airspeed on final approach due to the task saturation resulting from the emergency situation.

Contributing to the survivability of the accident was

(1) the decision-making of the flight crewmembers and their crew resource management during the accident sequence;

(2) the fortuitous use of an airplane that was equipped for an extended overwater flight, including the availability of the forward slide/rafts, even though it was not required to be so equipped;

(3) the performance of the cabin crewmembers while expediting the evacuation of the airplane; and

(4) the proximity of the emergency responders to the accident site and their immediate and appropriate response to the accident."


From:

http://avherald.com/h?article=42c44df6&opt=0

Direct link to NTSB Report:

http://www.ntsb.gov/publictn/2010/AAR1003.pdf