CI611 Aircraft Accident: Injury Documentations Group Report, Lecture notes of Business

Download CI611 Aircraft Accident: Injury Documentations Group Report and more Lecture notes Business in PDF only on Docsity! Aviat ion Safety Counci l Ta ipe i , Ta iwan CI611 Accident Investigation Factual Data Collection Group Report Injury Documentations Group June 03, 2003 ASC-AFR-03-06-001 Intentionally Left Blank III. Factual Description 1.2 Injuries to Persons The CI611 aircraft had 3 Flight Crew Seats and 2 Observer Seats in cockpit (no observer in this flight), 16 Cabin Crew Jump Seats, 22 First Class Seats, 16 Business Class seats in Upper Deck, 30 Business Class seats and 288 Coach Class Seats in the main Deck. The cabin is divided into 6 zones –Zone A to E, and Zone UD as shown in Figure 1.2-1. There were three flight crewmembers, sixteen cabin crewmembers and 206 (including 3 infants) passengers on board. The seat assignment for each passenger was obtained from the CAL, Flight CI611 passenger manifest. Passengers might change their seats or moved since the aircraft was not full. Cockpit flight crewmembers were seated according to their assigned positions. Seat assignment of the sixteen cabin crewmembers were provided by CAL, however, according to CAL, the cabin crewmembers could be out of their seats performing cabin service at the time of the accident. The Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) revealed that the Captain had turned off the “Fasten Seat Belt” sign prior to the accident; therefore passengers might have been moved around the cabin or might have changed seats prior to the accident. The CVR also indicated that the Captain had announced and advised the cabin crewmembers to begin service prior to the accident. Figure1.2-2 shows the distribution of recovered/non-recovered victim’s assigned seats provided by China Airlines. All 206 passengers and 19 crewmembers aboard CI 611 were fatally injured. The injury distribution is summarized in Table 1.2-1: Table 1.2-1 Injury table Injuries Flight Crew Cabin Crew Passengers Other Total Fatal 3 16 206 0 225 Serious 0 0 0 0 0 Minor 0 0 0 0 0 None 0 0 0 0 0 Total 3 16 206 0 225 - 5 3 Figure 1.2-1 Cabin Configuration Diagram 22 First Class Seats 16 Business Class Upper Deck 30 Business Class Lower Deck T— Toilet C— Coat Closet FSU— Flight Service Unit G— Galley K K J CI 611 Cabin Configuration Diagram Zone A Zone B Zone C Zone D Zone E Zone UD 3 Flight Crew Seats 16 Cabin Crew Jump Seats 288 Coach Class Seats K K JK K J - 5 4 175 Recovered 50 Not Recovered 3 Adult with Lap Child 0 0 0 Victim Recovery Distribution 0 U D L U D R U D L U D R U D L U D R Figure 1.2-2 Victim Recovery Distributions - 5 5 Among the 82 bodies found floating on the ocean surface 76 were passengers, 6 were cabin crewmembers, and none were flight crewmembers. There were a high (93%) percentage of passengers who were initially found floating on top of the ocean with assigned seats located between rows 42 and 57 (Zone E) in the cabin. 1.13.3.3 Injury Predominance: Right vs. Left of Victim Occupants with injuries predominantly on the right or left side of their bodies were charted in their assigned seats. Ten occupants had predominantly right-sided injuries while 10 occupants had predominantly left sided injuries are shown in Figure 1.13-3. 1.13.3.4 Tibia/Fibula Fractures of Victim Injuries of the stronger tibia and fibula leg bones, the longer bones in the lower body, are shown in Figure 1.13-4. 1.13.3.5 Back and Hand Abrasion Injuries The abrasion of the epidermal layer of skin on the victims back was found on 26 of the recovered victims’ bodies and bruises were found on 47 of the victim’s hands. Neither the epidermal layer of the victims back injuries nor the hand abrasion injuries were found on any of the recovered victims whose bodies were recovered from the ocean after May 27, 2002. Those victims’ bodies were too badly decomposed to observe such abrasion or dermal injuries. Figure 1.13-5 shows the distribution of victim’s assigned seats with back abrasion and hand abrasion injuries. - 5 8 Naked Incomplete Com plete Infant C lothing Situation Distribution 0 0 0 aked Inco plete o plete Infant l t ing Situation istribution 0 0 0 Figure 1.13-1 Clothing Situation Distributions - 5 9 F lo a tin g /N o n F loa ting V ic tim s A ssig n ed Sea t N o n-F lo a tin g F lo a ting F lo a ting a n d D ec o m p o s in g Se a ted A d u lt w ith In fa n t0 0 0 Figure 1.13-2 Floating/None Floating of Recovered Victim - 5-10 0 0 0 2 6 B a c k A b ra s io n 4 7 H a n d A b ra s io n 2 2 5 A ss ig n e d S e a ts 3 A d u lt w ith L a p C h ild B a c k a n d H a n d A b r a s io n 0 U D R 0 U D R U D R Figure 1.13-5 Back and Hand Abrasion Injuries - 5-13 1.13.4 Injury Pattern The other injury pattern of the victims’ body have been recovered and stored in the Injury Documentations Database. (See Attachment 5-1) - 5-14 IV. Attachments No Item 5-1 CI611 Accident Injury Documentation Database - 5-15