US Air a/c crashes in NY.

[Bernie P]

Here is another 'NEW' video that is on the SMH website...

Not sure if anyone has seen it, hope not.

[Grahame Hutchison]

Amazing video, it appears that the starboard wing exits were organised much better, many more people were on the wing very quickly. A couple of people are on the port wing quite quickly, one, then two go into the water, but not a lot of other people exit onto that wing initially.

The rear of the aircraft is well down in the water, even at this early stage.

[Greg McDonald]

The culprits have been found.....

[Grahame Hutchison]

Quack Quack

[Andrew P]

another photo

Banjo

[Nigel C]

The second engine has been located and recovered.

www.news.com.au
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574...79-401,00.html

THE left engine of a US Airways jet that crash-landed in the Hudson River was pulled from the water more than a week after the accident, according to the US Army Corps of Engineers.

"The engine has been lifted, put on a barge and is going to the place in New Jersey where the rest of the plane is," said Mary Stavana, a spokeswoman for the Army command.

The engine, which was ripped from the fuselage during the emergency landing, was found this week by a team of divers in the riverbed at a site close to where the plane hit the river.

Investigators have reported finding "soft body" impacts in the jet's other engine.

The evidence, also including a feather stuck on a wing, appeared to support the belief that the Airbus hit a dense flock of birds before losing power in both engines and crash-landing in New York's Hudson River on January 15.

The rest of the plane was pulled out over the weekend, allowing recovery of the black box flight recorders, which strengthened evidence of a bird-plane collision.

The emergency landing of the Airbus A-320 was completed without loss of life, turning the pilot, Chesley Sullenberger, into a national hero for having saved all 155 people onboard.

CBS Television said it would air the first public interview with Sullenberger on February 8 in its 60 Minutes program.

[Scott L.]

The US media are now all over the compression stalls which the same aircraft encountered multiple times two days before the incident. I was watching Bill O'Reilly on Fox News and they are going rife with speculation.

http://www.ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2009/090121.html

NTSB Advisory
National Transportation Safety Board
Washington, DC 20594
January 21, 2009

NTSB ISSUES UPDATE ON INVESTIGATION INTO DITCHING OF US AIRWAYS JETLINER INTO HUDSON RIVER


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In its continuing investigation of US Airways flight 1549, which ditched into the Hudson River adjacent to Manhattan at approximately 3:30 p.m. on January 15, 2009, the National Transportation Safety Board has developed the following factual information:

The right engine has been externally examined and documented. An examination of the first stage fan blades revealed evidence of soft body impact damage. Three of the variable guide vanes are fractured and two are missing. The engine's electronic control unit is missing and numerous internal components of the engine were significantly damaged.

What appears to be organic material was found in the right engine and on the wings and fuselage. Samples of the material have been provided to the United States Department of Agriculture for a complete DNA analysis. A single feather was found attached to a flap track on the wing. It is being sent to bird identification experts at the Smithsonian.

The left engine has been located in about 50 feet of water near the area of the Hudson River where the aircraft ditched. The NTSB is working with federal, state and local agencies to recover the engine, which is expected to occur sometime on Thursday.

The NTSB has learned that the right engine experienced a surge during a flight on January 13, 2009, and that subsequent maintenance actions included the replacement of a temperature probe. Investigators from the NTSB's Maintenance Records group are researching this report by examining applicable maintenance records and procedures.

The NTSB's Survival Factors group is in the process of interviewing passengers to learn more about the events surrounding the ditching and the emergency evacuation and rescue. The Operations and Human Performance group is interviewing US Airways flight operations training personnel.

The checked and carry-on baggage is in the process of being removed from the aircraft. Representatives from the NTSB's Office of Transportation Disaster Assistance are working to coordinate efforts with US Airways to return these items to the passengers.

The on-scene documentation of the airplane is expected to be completed by the end of the week. Preparations are underway to facilitate movement and more permanent storage of the airplane so that more detailed documentation of the damage can be performed at a later date.




NTSB Media Contact: Peter Knudson (202) 314-6100
peter.knudson@ntsb.gov

[Nigel C]

The Smithsonian Institute is a body that is available to nearly all Australian airports should a birdstrike occur with an almost unidentifiable species using DNA testing. They have nearly all bird species DNA on file.

[Philip Argy]

Here's one suggestion doing the rounds:

[Clarry S]

hi all

Noticed when they pulled the aircraft from the water that both cargo doors were open. How is this possible??