Fri, Jun 05, 2009
This Should Be An 'SRO' NTSB Hearing...
There is intense public interest in
all of what occurred when a US Airways A-320 ditched in New York's
Hudson River. That being the case, the National Transportation
Safety Board is releasing additional information about the Board's
scheduled public hearing on the January 2009 ditching of the US
Airways A-320 into the Hudson River.
The hearing, originally scheduled for two days, has been expanded
to three.
On January 15, 2009, at approximately 3:27 p.m. EST, US Airways
flight 1549, an Airbus Industrie A320 bound for Charlotte, North
Carolina, incurred multiple bird strikes during its initial
departure climb from New York's La Guardia Airport (LGA). The
airplane subsequently lost thrust to its engines and ditched in the
Hudson River approximately three and a half minutes after striking
the birds and about five minutes after leaving LGA. To date, of the
five crewmembers and 150 passengers on board, five serious injuries
have been reported.
The Safety Board will also open the public docket at the start
of the hearing. The docket will include investigative group factual
reports, interview transcripts, Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR)
transcripts, Flight Data Recorder (FDR) data and other documents
from the investigation. In addition, docket items that will be used
as exhibits during the public hearing will be available on the
website under "Public Hearings"
The hearing, which is part of the Safety Board's efforts to
develop all appropriate facts for the investigation, will cover a
wide range of safety issues including:
- Pilot training regarding ditching and forced landings on
water.
- Bird detection and mitigation efforts.
- Certification standards regarding ditching and forced landings
on water for transport-category airplanes.
- Cabin safety training, emergency procedures and equipment.
- Certification standards for bird ingestion into
transport-category airplane engines.
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