1) On January 15, 2009, US Airways Flight 1549 struck a flock of birds shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport, damaging both engines. Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger was forced to land the Airbus A320 in the Hudson River, saving all 155 lives onboard. 2) An investigation by the NTSB initially suggested pilot error, as simulations showed the plane may have been able to land at nearby airports. However, when simulations included human factors like stress and decision time, they ended in crashes. 3) Further analysis confirmed the bird strike severely damaged the engines, validating Sullenberger's emergency water landing and cementing his status as a hero.

1. SUPERIOR UNIVERSITY LAHORE
MS-3015
NAME: Muhammad Ibrar
ROLL #: BAEM-F18-025
ASSIGNMENT #: 03
SUBJECT: Safety and Quality management system
SEMESTER: 8th
DEPARTMENT: Avionics Engineering
SUBMITT TO: Engr. Nauman Latif

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TITLE:
US Airways Flight 1549 (Sully)
DESCRIPTION:
On the afternoon of January 15, 2009, Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger and First Officer
Jeff Skiles board US Airways Flight 1549 from LaGuardia Airport to Charlotte Douglas
International Airport. Three minutes into the flight, at an approximate altitude of 2,800 ft (850
m), the Airbus A320 strikes a flock of birds, damaging both engines. Without much time to
think, they judge themselves unable to reach nearby airports (Teterboro Airport being the
closest), and Sully ditches the aircraft on the Hudson River. Though with mild injuries, the crew
and passengers evacuate without any fatalities. Sully is hailed a hero, but the incident leaves him
traumatized. He tries to find himself able to escape the attention from the press, which is not only
targeting him but also his family.
Still in New York City for investigation reasons, Sully learns that preliminary data from ACARS
suggest that the left engine was still running at idle power. Theoretically, it still had enough
power to land the plane at either LaGuardia or Teterboro. Furthermore, the National
Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) claims that several confidential computerized simulations
show similar results.
The NTSB suspects it may be a case of a pilot error, which would end Sully's career. He arranges
to have the simulations rerun with live pilots, then relayed to the public. They result in successful
landings. Sully argues that the simulations are unrealistic because they do not take human factors
into account, such as the element of surprise, the time required for analysis and decision-making,
and the significantly higher stakes he and Jeff faced; the simulation pilots knew in advance of the
situation that they would face and of the suggested emergency action, were able to practice the
scenario several times, had no passengers to think about, and were in no danger themselves. The
NTSB accepts his criticism, and the simulations are rerun with a 35-second pause before the
plane is diverted.
The LaGuardia rerun ends with the plane landing short of the runway, and that to Teterboro with
a crash into buildings before the airport. The NTSB announces that analysis of the port engine,
now recovered from the river, confirms Sully's account that it had indeed been seriously
damaged by the bird strike, and concludes that Sully had acted correctly during flight 1549. Sully
credits everyone on board, the air traffic controllers, the ferry crews, and the emergency response
teams for the successful outcome.

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2-HAZARDS:
 Since 1973 Wildlife environment near the airport or other waste material became the
reason for the birds.
 In that case, safety planning was not taught so that pilot can take his best decision
according to management.
2-RISKS:
 With aircraft damage failure of any kind could result in multiple deaths.
 A serious incident could have occurred which could have caused the plane to crash and
all passengers with the pilot to have died.
What factor do you think is involved
a) Technical factor
I think it lies in technical factors because the airplane was completely
checked before landing and everything all-clear from the organization side. The cause of the
crash was that shortly after takeoff, the plane hit a flock of what proved to be Canada geese that
destroyed the engines.
Conclusion and Recommendation:
As we know that after watching this movie struck a flock of
birds shortly after take-off, losing all engine power. This problem would never have happened if
all the wild animals near the airport had been eliminated and cleaned up. The organization should
have held the concepts of effective Safety Reporting and Aircrews were given full information or
planning education on such condition and anyone was in ground crew should be was also fully
knowledgeable about it