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INTRODUCTION
Name : Gnanender Reddy.Nanga
Assessor : Mrs.Nina Ramchandra
Batch : I4
Course : AVITION,HOSPITALITY AND
TRAVEL MANAGEMENT
Year : 2011 - 2012
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT :
• I am really thankful for our Aviation faculty
for helping me to learn about and I am
also grateful to frankfinn for providing an
opportunity to learn about Aviation.
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P1a (Lo1 of UNIT4)
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5. Current affairs 5
• Air India launches drive to recruit staff at various levels
(October 25, 2011)
• Pilots exit Kingfisher in large numbers
(October 5, 2011)
• Spice Jet, Emirates, GMR on hiring mode as air traffic increases
(September 21, 2011)
• Bangalore to get 1st aerospace institute of India
(September 17, 2011)
• Air India to hire younger cabin crew to attract passengers
(September 14, 2011)
• Emirates adds 49 aircraft to fleet, to hire 500 pilots
(September 12, 2011)
• Emirates seeks 4000 new flight attendants
(August 25, 2011)
• Asia-Pacific’s first world class aviation varsity to come up at Indira
Gandhi Rastriya Udaan Academy in UP
(July 18, 2011)
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Cockpit
• A cockpit or flight
deck is the
area, usually near
the front of an
aircraft, from which
a pilot controls the
aircraft.
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Cargo Aircraft
• cargo provided on
the underside of the
aircraft for storing
of passenger
baggage & freight
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• Horizontal Stabilizer (Control Pitch)
• Vertical Stabilizer (Control Yaw)
• Rudder (Change Yaw)
• Elevator (Change Pitch)
• Flaps (Increase Lift and Drag)
• Aileron (Change Roll)
• Spoiler (Change Lift, Drag and Roll)
• Slats (Increase Lift)
• Fuselage (Hold Things together – Carry Payload)
• Cockpit (Command and Control)
• Turbine Engine (Generate Thrust)
• Wing (Generate Lift)
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Slides raft
• A raft is used during
emergency landing like
ditching, crash
landing, belly landing. And
it is called slide raft
because it can be used
both as a slide and a raft.
But not all airplanes are
fitted with slide-
rafts, smaller planes are
normally equipped with
slide only, because they
seldom travel over
oceans.
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Cabin inter communication system
• The phone network on board
consisting of handsets in the flight
deck, near every door, flight attendant
station, & the crew rest area, each
handset can initiate & receive calls
from all points.
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Passenger service unit(PSU)
• PSU is situated above
each seat row in the
overhead panel above
the passenger seats in
the cabin of airliners.
Amongst other things a
PSU contains reading
lights, loudspeakers, illu
minated signs and
automatically deployed
oxygen masks and also
louvers providing
conditioned air.
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Jump seat
• A jump seat in
aviation refers to an
auxiliary seat for
individuals — other
than normal
passengers — who
are not operating
the aircraft
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P1a (LO1 OF UNIT4)
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EPILEPSY
• Symptoms:
1.The patient becomes aware of with oncoming
attack.
2.Aubarity and urinal sensations and may inform
you according.
• Precautions:
1.Prevent the patient from falling or injury
himself or herself.
2.Prevent the patient from biting the tongue by
placing a pencil or a spoon handle ,covered with
lines ,in the patients mouth between the rows of
teeth.
3.Do not forcibly restrain the movements of the
patient.
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Treatment:
• First see that the passenger does not bit his tongue.
• At that time take a spoon and put it in between the
upper and lower jaw.
• If possible shift the passengers who are sitting besides
epilepsy passenger.
• Loose his shirt buttons and make him relax.
• And provide him portable oxygen bottle with mask.
• If the condition is serious page for a doctor.
• And if the doctor asks physician kit provide him.
• Even then the condition serious inform the captain.
• Captain will take the decision to land at the nearest
airport.
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ASTHMA
• Cause:
Asthma is a multi factional disease which may
be triggered by allergy,excercise.,cold air,smoke or
infection.
• Symptoms:
1.Severe shortness of
breath,wheazing,caughing,diffuculty in breathing.
2.Victim is usually anxious and is afraid,he is
suffoacating.This trends to prolong the attack.
• First aid:
1.Victim usually has had attacks before and carries his
own medication with him .Assist victim in taking his
medication.
2.Administer low flow of oxygen.
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Treatment:
• Make the person comfortable by loosing his shirt buttons. And
make him relax.
• And open the air lovers.
• Ask him if he is carrying any medicine with him . If he is
carrying give him the medicine , otherwise give him first aid.
• Provide him portable oxygen bottle with mask. Before giving
oxygen check if the oxygen is flowing through mask or not.
• Check him for every 10 min.
• If his condition is getting worst page for a doctor.
• If there is no doctor on board inform to the captain.
• And the captain will take the decision to land the plain at the
nearest airport.
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P 3a (LO3 OF UNIT4)
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• Identify the cause & source of fire as soon as possible
• Move passengers away from the affected area
• Switch off all electrical supply to that area be it the
galley or cabin
• Remove all oxygen bottles from the area affected by the
fire
• Ware the smoke hood or full-face mask with oxygen
bottle and attack the fire from the base upwards
• Dampen all shouldering material with plenty of water
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• Inform the commander immediately & continue doing so
about the progress in fire fighting till the fire has been
completely contained
• In case of any smoke in cabin make the passengers
keep their head low
• If the smoke is very dense then distribute wet towels
• If any passenger is having difficulty in breathing, then
administer oxygen bottle with mask
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• First make an announcement about the unidentified object.
• If there is no reply from the passengers inform to the
captain.
• Take the safety card and place it under the object and see
that it is movable or not.
• Don‘t try to cut the strap or tape which is underneath in
tension.
• If it is movable take the object to the aft right door and
disarm the door
• And carefully place blankets and pillows to a certain level
and place the object and again put the wet towels ,blankets
,cushions etc.
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• Move the passengers of four rows who are sitting at
the aft door and the crew and make them sit in the
empty seats.
• If there are no seats make them sit on the aisle.
• And switch of the galley lights and lock and secure the
galley.
• Remove the emergency equipments.
• Now inform the captain.
• Captain will make emergency landing at the nearest
airport.
• After landing the plane will move to the abandon
runway.
• Mean while the security ,fire engine ,ambulance will be
ready.
• Mean while passengers will evacuated through rafts.
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P 3b (Lo3 of unit4)
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Wheelchair passenger
• They embark first along with the commercial person.
• The ground staff hand over's the passenger to senior
most.
• The wheelchair passenger handed over to the crew in
whose zone he/she is seated
• Often these passengers are accompanied by a relative
or a medical personnel like a nurse.
• The arm waist of these can be open and close.
• While serving we must serve them first.
• They are seated close to the lavatory many airlines
have a specially designated ‗Handicap lavatory.‘
• In emergency evacuation they should evacuate last
with the help crew.
• They disembark last.
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Wheelchair passenger
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P 4a (LO4 OF UNIT4)
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emergency emergency checks of the emergency
equipment equipment emergency equipment
equipment
Mega phone 1.Push to talk 1.Carrect 1.Used for
button location controlling
2.Sling 2.Secured with crowd
3.Speaker strap 2.Remove from
4.Handel 3.Press the location
push to talk 3.Sling it on
button to hear your shoulder
a click sound to 4.Hold the
make sure the handle
button is 5.Keep the
working speaker in front
of your mouth
6.Press the
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emergency emergency checks of the emergency
equipment equipment emergency equipment
equipment
Life jacket 1.Two red 1.It is kept 1.It is used
(yellow for automatic inflation under the seat during ditching
tags on the sides
passenger , to inflate the
Orange for jacket
crew) 2.Two red manual
inflation tubes of
either side of
jacket
3.Light that‘s
comes on
automatically
when it contacts
with salt water &
stays for 48 hrs
4.Strap it tight
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emergency emergency checks of the emergency
equipment equipment emergency equipment
equipment
Oxygen 1.Oxygen 1.Check the 1.Remove from
bottle with bottle with current location its location and
mask sling attached 2.Secure with slide it on
2.Prusser strap shoulder
gauge 3.Should be in 2.Attach oxygen
3.Mask with green marked mask to the
the corner direction cylinder
attached to it 4.Mask should 3.Release the
4.Nob to be available oxygen by
release the rotating the knob
oxygen 4.Check the
oxygen flow
5.Never leave the
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emergency emergency checks of the emergency
equipment equipment emergency equipment
equipment
Fire 1.Strap is 1.Secure with 1.Remove from
extinguisher secure strap the location
Two types of 2.Pressure 2.Neadel on 2.
extinguisher gauge the pressure 3.Remove the
1.Helon 3.Safty pin gauge safety pin
2.Water 4.Handel Should be 4.Squase the
5.Trigger 1500 to 2000 trigger for the
6.nozzle psi content to
3.Safty pin release
intact 5.Fight the fire
4.Check the in sweeping
motion from a
safety distance
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emergency emergency checks of the emergency
equipment equipment emergency equipment
equipment
Fire axe 1.Handel 1.Check if it is 1.Use in cause
2.Hook in right position of fire
3.Blade 2.During
survival in case
of crash
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Asbestos --------- 1.Check if it is
gloves in right position 1.Used in case
of fire in the
cabin
2.It protect
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emergency emergency checks of the emergency
equipment equipment emergency equipment
equipment
Smoke hood --------- 1. kept above 1.Use in cause
the jump seat of fire fighting
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ELT --------- 1.Check if it is 1.Used in case
in right position of water
landing and in
any forest
landing
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M (units 4 and 9)
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SIGN IN TO SIGN OUT OF CREW
1. Entry into the airport with the documents
like:
Two id cards
Passport
Circular
Announcement book
Airlines handbook
Torch
DGCA handbook
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2. Then report to the moment control 2 hours before
departure.
Check the departure time, arrival time, crew
name, captain name, flight number, registration
number.
3. And then fill the flight report, custom and
immigration form.
4. Report to the senior most in the briefing room.
5. If there is sudden medical check we must attend
it.
6. And then the customs and immigration forms.And
then security.
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7. And after entering into the flight report to the
senior most.
8. We do preflight check. In that we check:
Cabin dressing
Lavatory dressing
Galley check
Emergency equipment
Cabin dressing: We check Seat back
upright, Seat belt is placed properly, Window
shutters up and Seat pockets (news
paper, safety card, disposal bag, magazines
and headset if arm wrest is there).
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Lavatory dressing : We check nappy table, Soaps and
other things which are used to wash hands and
face, Emergency fire extinguisher, Crew call button and
Open close Nob.
Galley check : We check all the things are secured and
strapped, how many meals and trolleys, drinks.
Emergency equipment : We check Portable oxygen
bottle with mask, fire extinguisher, fire axe, Life vests
and emergency lights which come automatically when no
power in flight.
9. And embarkation of passengers. At that time crew take
their working position and show the passengers their
seats and help them to keep their baggage in the
baggage bin.
And also help them to fasten their seat belts.
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10. And then we do welcome announcement
first in Hindi and then in English.
11. We also do demonstration announcement
first in Hindi and then in English.
12. Prepare for take off:
Captain says to close the doors and arm the
doors.
Crew members close the door and arm the
doors.
Senior takes the briefing from the crew that
all doors closed and armed.
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Then senior most gives briefing to the captain that
a. Captain all doors closed and armed
b. 100 passengers on board
c. lavatory cleared
d. Galley secured
e. Passengers seated and strapped
f. All emergency equipment checked
Then captain says ―crew at your station for take off‖.
Then crew sits in their jump seat and senior most dims the
cabin lights while take off.
After reaching cruising level crew makes an announcement ―
You can remove when fasten seat belt sign is off but please
remain seated and wear your seat belts‖.
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13. Then the crew starts the service.
First the crew starts the complementary bar
service to the passengers.
And if the passengers want to buy there is bar sale
and in-flight shopping on board.
If it is morning we start the breakfast service.
Before service we make an announcement that
―please remain seated now we are starting the
service, if there is any special meal ordered press
the call button‖.
Breakfast service to first class:
During the service first we check with the other
galley that they are ready for the service or not.
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Then we go to the passengers open the table and
place the table cloth and give menu card for them.
After two min we offered them some chakos in a
bowl.
And then we come with hot and cold milk and ask
them if they want hot or cold milk.
After some time serve the main Anthre like warm
bread, egg and different types of egg like half
boiled, egg toast, full boiled etc.
After that we serve fruits for the passengers.
And we take the trolley with different types of tea
,coffee placed on it along with some cookies.
And then collection of the trays and bowl.
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After the service is over for the passengers the
crew can also eat but only two members at a time.
And after that one hour before landing we fill up all
the forms like bar sale, meal service, bar
service, in-flight shopping.
And while landing see that all the passengers are
seated and strapped , galley secured and see that
no person must be in the lavatory.
After landing we make landing announcement.
And when the captain says disarm the
door, disarm the door and before opening it see
that the step ladder is attached.
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And during disembarkation two crew will
stand at the door and remaining crew will
help the passengers to remove their baggage
from the baggage bin.
And after disembarkation check the cabin if
the passengers left something. If there is any
object give to the security person.
After that proceed to the moment control.
We must sign out and take the hotel voucher
and proceed to the hotel.
After reaching to the hotel first the senior
most or the pilots will check in.
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If our flight is next day at 6:00 am the hotel
people will make a wake up call at four .
The crew members who are in that room
must pick the wake up call.
And then we check out from hotel and we
reach airport.
From here the whole procedure is same
as the above procedure.
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D(1) (UNIT 4 AND 9)
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VS
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Type Subsidiary
• Industry Aerospace
• Founded 1970 (as Airbus Industrie)
2001 (Airbus as SAS)
• Headquarters Blagnac, France
• Key people Thomas Enders, Bernard Lathière, John
Leahy, . Fabrice Brégier
• Products Commercial airliners
• Revenue €27.45 billion
• Employees 52,000
• Parent EADS
• Website www.airbus.com
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• Role Wide-body, double-deck jet airliner
• National origin Multi-national
• Manufacturer Airbus
• First flight 27 April 2005
• Introduction 25 October 2007 with Singapore
Airlines
• Status In production, in service
• Primary users Emirates, Singapore Airlines
Qantas, Lufthansa .,etc
• Produced 2004–present
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Type Public
• Industry Aerospace, Defense
• Founded Seattle, Washington, U.S. (1916)
• Headquarters Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
• Key people James McNerney (Chairman & CEO)
• Products Commercial airliners, Military aircraft ,Munitions,
Space systems, Computer services
• Revenue US$ 64.306 billion (2010)
• Employees 164,495 (Apr. 28, 2011)
• Website www.Boeing.com
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• Role Wide-body, long-range
• National origin United States
• Manufacturer Boeing Commercial Airplanes
• First flight February 9, 1969
• Introduction January 22, 1970 with Pan Am
• Status In production, in service
• Primary users British Airways, Cathay Pacific
Korean Air, Lufthansa ..,etc
• Produced 1969–present
• Variants 747SP, 747-400, 747-8, VC-25,
E-4
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53. Airbus a380 Boeing 747
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Decks double deck with twin aisle
one is fwb and aft
Engines 4 engines 4 engines
Internal cabin width 6.58m 6.1m
Capacity of passengers
555min-853max 416
Cabin altitude cruises at an altitude of cruises at an altitude of
43,000 feet 28,000 –35,000 ft.
Emergency evacuation time 80 sec 90 sec
Wheels 22 wheels 18 wheels
Cockpit crew 3 3
Cabin crew 22 12
Doors 16 12
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Airbus a380 Boeing 747
Tack off 9,800 ft 11,600ft
landing 6,900 ft 7,400 ft
features It has bar, beauty saloon, It has only bar
confrence room
,restaurant, spa, first
Class Private Suite
etc
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Airbus 380 Boeing 747-400
Measurements
Wingspan 79.8 m (261 ft 10 in) 64.4 m (211 ft 5 in)
Length 73.0 m (239 ft 6 in) 70.7 m (231 ft 10 in)
Height 24.1 m (79 ft) 19.4 m (63 ft 8 in)
Weight: Empty 610,700 lbs 393,263 lbs
(277,000 kg) (178,756 kg)
Weight: Max Takeoff 1,234,600 lbs 875,000 lbs
(560,000 kg) (397,000 kg)
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Airbus A380 vs Boeing 747
Airbus and Boeing are the two giants when it
comes to manufacturing commercial airplanes.
The A380 is the latest and biggest plane from
Airbus while the 747 has been Boeing‘s flagship
for quite some time.
The biggest difference between the two is size as
the A380 is certainly much bigger than the 747.
The Airbus A380 has a wingspan that is 15m
longer to that of the 747. It is also about 50%
heavier than the 747 even when empty.
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The size of the A380 is such that many airport runways are
not equipped to accommodate the huge planes and had to
undergo major renovations to make them fit.
The major contributor to the A380′s considerable size is its
2nd deck, which extends the full length of the entire plane.
The 747 is also a double Decker but its 2nd deck is just very
short.
The 747′s characteristic bulge at the front of the plane is the
extent of its 2nd deck. Because of the full length of the
A380′s deck, it can accommodate way more passengers
than the 747 without extending its length by much.
Even though the A380 is just over 2 meters longer than the
747, it can accommodate 33% more passengers in the
usual 3 class seating or up to 50% more in an all economy
seating.
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In order to get that much weight into the air, the A380 needs
a lot more thrust than the 747.
Each of the A380′s four engines can put out at least
80,000lbs of thrust while the 747′s engines only put out
somewhere around 60,000lbs of thrust. But all in all, the
A380 still manages to be more efficient and less costly per
passenger and would be perfect in high traffic routes like
major cities and regional hubs. Other areas may not benefit
from having an A380 or may even lose profit because of it.
As the 747 has been in production for four decades, it is no
secret that it has gone through many revisions and has
many variants aside from the typical passenger and cargo
models. Non-commercial variants include VIP transport, with
Air Force One being the most popular, Shuttle carrier, and
as an aerial fire fighter among others. The A380, being fairly
new, only has passenger and cargo models at the moment.
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Summary
1.The A380 is much bigger than the 747
2.The A380 is a true double decker while the
747 is not
3.The A380 can accommodate 33% more
passengers than the 747
4.The A380 has more powerful engines than
the 747
5.The 747 comes in a lot more variants than
the A380
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D(2) (UNIT 4 AND 9)
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US Airways flight 1549 crash
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• US Airways flight 1549 was a passenger flight
from New York-La Guardia Airport to Charlotte-
Douglas International Airport, operated by an
Airbus A320.
The airplane took off at 15:26 from LaGuardia's
runway 04. The first officer was pilot flying. As
they were reaching an altitude of 3000 feet the
crew saw a formation of Canada geese. Before
they knew it, the windscreen turned dark brown
and several loud thuds were heard. Both
engines began to loose power and there was a
burning smell.
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• The captain took over control of the the flight.
They radioed ATC about their emergency
situation: "Aaah, this is Cactus 1549. We lost
thrust in both engines. We are turning back
toward LaGuardia." It quickly became evident
that they were not able to reach LaGuardia.
• A possible landing at the Tereboro Airport (TEB)
was considered. The captain decided that they
would not be able to land safely on the short
runway in the middle of a built-up area. The
flight descended over the Hudson River until it
ditched.
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• 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."
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Ditching
• The plane ended its six-minute flight at 3:31 pm
with an unpowered ditching while heading south
at about 130 knots (150 mph; 240 km/h) in the
middle of the North River section of the Hudson
River roughly abeam 50th Street (near the
Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum) in Manhattan
and Port Imperial in Weehawken, New Jersey.
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• commander said in an interview on CBS
television that his training prompted him to
choose a ditching location near operating boats
so as to maximize the chance of rescue. The
location was near three boat terminals: two used
by ferry operator NY Waterway on either side of
the Hudson River and a third used by tour boat
operator Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises. After
coming to a stop in the river, the plane began
drifting southward with the current.
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• National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
Board Member Kitty Higgins, the principal
spokesperson for the on-scene
investigation, said at a press conference the day
after the accident that it "has to go down [as] the
most successful ditching in aviation history."
"These people knew what they were supposed
to do and they did it and as a result, nobody lost
their life."
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Evacuation
• Immediately after the A320 had been ditched in
mid-river, commander gave the "evacuate" order
over the PA, and the aircrew began evacuating
the 150 passengers, both on to the wings
through the four mid-cabin emergency window
exits and into an inflatable slide that doubles as
a life raft, deployed from the front right
passenger door (the front left slide failed to
operate as intended), while the partially
submerged and slowly sinking airliner drifted
down the river with the current
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• . Two flight attendants were in the front, one in
the rear. Each flight attendant in the front
opened a door, which was also armed to
activate a slide/raft, although the port side raft
did not immediately deploy; a manual inflation
handle was pulled. One rear door was opened
by a panicking passenger, causing the A320 to
fill more quickly with water.
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• PROBABLE CAUSE: "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,
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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.
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• The flight attendant in the rear who attempted to
reseal the rear door was unable to do so, she
told CBS News. It was later revealed that the
impact with the water had ripped open a hole in
the underside of the airplane and twisted the
fuselage, causing cargo doors to pop open and
filling the plane with water from the rear. The
flight attendant urged passengers to move
forward by climbing over seats to escape the
rising water within the cabin.
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• One passenger was in a wheelchair. Having
twice walked the length of the cabin to confirm
that no one remained inside after the plane had
been evacuated, the captain was the last person
to leave the aircraft.
• Evacuees, some wearing life-vests, waited for
rescue on the partly submerged slides, knee-
deep in icy river water. Others stood on the
wings or, fearing an explosion, swam away from
the plane.
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Rescue
• The FDNY sent four marine units and rescue
divers.On land, FDNY declared a level III (All
Hands) emergency and mobilized their Major
Emergency Response Vehicle, Logistical
Support Units and had 35 ambulances ready for
patients coming off the flight. About 140 FDNY
firefighters responded to docks near the crash.
The NYPD sent squad cars, helicopters,
vessels, and rescue divers from the Aviation Unit
and Harbor Unit.
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• In addition, about 30 other ambulances were
made available by other organizations, including
several hospital-based ambulances (St.
Vincent, St. Barnabas). Various agencies also
provided medical help on the Weehawken side
of the river, where most passengers were taken.
Two mutual aid helicopters responded to the
West 30th Street Heliport, one from the Nassau
County Police and another from the New Jersey
State Police. New York Water Taxi sent boats to
the scene but did not take part in the rescue.
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Awards
• The Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators awarded the
entire flight crew of Flight 1549 a Master's Medal on
January 22, 2009. The medal is awarded only rarely, for
outstanding aviation achievements at the discretion of
the Master of the Guild. The citation for the award is:
• “ The reactions of all members of the crew, the split
second decision making and the handling of this
emergency and evacuation was 'text book' and an
example to us all. To have safely executed this
emergency ditching and evacuation, with the loss of no
lives, is a heroic and unique aviation achievement. It
deserves the immediate recognition that has today been
given by the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators.
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Analysis
• I think the crew of this plain have done a
wonderful job in landing and evacuating
• The commander respond immediately and
took a good decision in ditching
• The main mistake I have observed in this
crash made by the cabin crew is ―some of
the passengers are not wearing life jacket
and some are not wearing the life jacket
properly”
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Conclusion
Aviation classes helped me to know
about the factors of aviation
industry, its developmental factors &
about the current scenario of aviation
industry
I thank madam for giving me an
opportunity to present this
assignment.
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Bibliography
www.airlines.net
www.flightglobal.com
www.indianaviationnews.ne
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Airways_Flight_1549
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