A reminder of the significant damage inflicted on an airframe even during a
successful ditching - US Airways Flight 1549 (Airbus A320-214 – N106US
January 15, 2009).
NTSB Structures Group Chairman’s Factual Report:
http://www.ntsb.gov/Dockets/Aviation...026/418719.pdf
See photos 12 through to 15 showing bulkhead and rear tail cone damage looking aft from frame 70. Displacement of the tail cone and bulkhead rupture would appear to be the result of the hydraulic action created by water ingress through the damaged underside (FR50+ photo's 16, 23, 24 in Attachment 2 - Addendum 1).
Attachment 2:
http://www.ntsb.gov/Dockets/Aviation...026/418716.pdf
Attachment 2 - Addendum 1:
Damage to underside:
http://www.ntsb.gov/Dockets/Aviation...026/419640.pdf
Attachment 4:
http://www.ntsb.gov/Dockets/Aviation...026/420144.pdf
Attachment 1 to the Factual Report Figures:
http://www.ntsb.gov/Dockets/Aviation...026/418699.pdf
See also:
FAA Report AR-95/54 Transport Water Impact and Ditching Performance:
http://www.ntsb.gov/Dockets/Aviation...026/419887.pdf
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