The Ditching of Flight 1549
The Ditching of Flight 1549
Raymond Westcott
Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting
Dr. Gary Tindall
June 03, 2012
Abstract
The ditching of Untied Flight 1549 changed aviation forever. It tested LaGuardia airport 's emergency plan while simultaneously testing the Emergency Alert Notification System that the New York and New Jersey area shared. The first responders were from both city 's fire and police departments along with some brave civilian ferry boat operators. They acted quickly so that no lives were lost in the frigid waters and transported all of the passengers and crew to multiple triage centers that were set up in both states. The rescue effort was a success because of the proper plans that were in place along with mutual aid agreements. Planning helped the ditching be successful but sometimes when you have one minute and thirty seconds to make a decision that 155 lives depend on, having a experienced captain and crew are priceless.
Brace for impact are the last words one wants to hear while fling along an a aircraft, but that is exactly what flight attendants yelled to passengers aboard a US Airways’ flight in 2009. Whenever someone thinks about an aviation accidents they always seem horrific and have staggering death tolls. But when you stop and think about the fact that there are over 7,000 of planes in the sky Untied States at any given time carrying hundreds of passengers and crew really aviation is quite statically safe. (Federal Aviation Administration, 2009) In fact you have a better chance of getting hit by a lighting or drowning then dying in a plane crash. (Britt, 2005) The passengers and crew were given the “brace for impact” command by the plane 's captain and corresponding the aircraft accident would forever be known as the “Miracle on the Hudson” or ditching of United Fight 1594. I’m sure you can remember seeing to picture of a plane, with passengers standing on the wings, floating down Hudson River between New York and New
Raymond Westcott
Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting
Dr. Gary Tindall
June 03, 2012
Abstract
The ditching of Untied Flight 1549 changed aviation forever. It tested LaGuardia airport 's emergency plan while simultaneously testing the Emergency Alert Notification System that the New York and New Jersey area shared. The first responders were from both city 's fire and police departments along with some brave civilian ferry boat operators. They acted quickly so that no lives were lost in the frigid waters and transported all of the passengers and crew to multiple triage centers that were set up in both states. The rescue effort was a success because of the proper plans that were in place along with mutual aid agreements. Planning helped the ditching be successful but sometimes when you have one minute and thirty seconds to make a decision that 155 lives depend on, having a experienced captain and crew are priceless.
Brace for impact are the last words one wants to hear while fling along an a aircraft, but that is exactly what flight attendants yelled to passengers aboard a US Airways’ flight in 2009. Whenever someone thinks about an aviation accidents they always seem horrific and have staggering death tolls. But when you stop and think about the fact that there are over 7,000 of planes in the sky Untied States at any given time carrying hundreds of passengers and crew really aviation is quite statically safe. (Federal Aviation Administration, 2009) In fact you have a better chance of getting hit by a lighting or drowning then dying in a plane crash. (Britt, 2005) The passengers and crew were given the “brace for impact” command by the plane 's captain and corresponding the aircraft accident would forever be known as the “Miracle on the Hudson” or ditching of United Fight 1594. I’m sure you can remember seeing to picture of a plane, with passengers standing on the wings, floating down Hudson River between New York and New
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