The problem had not been spotted earlier because of an electronic fault on the aircrafts instrument panel, and the plane lost all power. I think airmanship is at the bottom of it all. Moody swiftly decided to descend at 1,800m per minute to an altitude where there was enough pressure in the outside atmosphere to breathe almost normally. The aircraft was taken out of service in February 2004; in 2009, the then 30-year-old aircraft was scrapped. Owing to the high Indonesian mountains on the south coast of the island of Java, an altitude of at least 11,500 feet (3,500m) was required to cross the coast safely. Stay up to date with what you want to know. The only training we had gotten for a water landing was reading a few paragraphs in a manual and having a brief classroom discussion, he said. The engines had enough electrical power to restart because one generator and the onboard batteries were still operating; electrical power was required for ignition of the engines. WebCaptain Moody served with British Airways for 32 years, retiring in 1996 with over 17,000 flight hours. This raised the possibility BA9 might have to attempt an ocean ditching if the engines could not be restarted by 12,000 feet. She was given steroids, which treated the hair loss successfully, but within a few weeks all her hair had turned white, even though she had not had a frightening experience and had stopped losing her hair. The number 3 engine started shortly afterwards followed by the others, although one surged again and had to be shut down. And here's Wikipedia's description of the incident: British Airways Flight 9, sometimes referred to by its callsign Speedbird 9 or Jakarta incident,[1] was a scheduled British Airways flight from London Heathrow to Auckland, with stops in Bombay, Madras, Kuala Lumpur, Perth, and Melbourne. The events around one British Airways flight in 1982 reveal the potential dangers of this sort of dust. While cruising at 41,000 feet, halfway through a flight from Montreal to Edmonton, Air Canada Flight 143 ran out of juice due to, shockingly, a refuelling miscalculation caused by a recent switch to the metric system. Its about this time Moody makes one of aviations most understated and famous passenger announcements: Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. The pilot of a British Airways jet that was forced to abandon its takeoff after an engine burst into flames has been lauded for averting a potential disaster. The sky was clear and the crew were happy because they had some extra Malaysian satay that night. The restart attempts failed. I am old enough to remember this incident, but I had forgotten something important about it: What the plane's captain said to the passengers the moment after the engines failed. Within a year the rest of his hair had done the same. Sign up for our newsletter for the latest tech news and scoops delivered daily to your inbox. Is there a physiological process through which extreme stress can cause hair to change colour this fast? Moody says a strong grounding in airmanship skills he and the crew had gained over the years through experience and by watching others helped them survive the ordeal. After landing, the flight crew found it impossible to taxi, due to glare from apron floodlights which made the already sandblasted windscreen opaque. The events around one British Airways flight in 1982 reveal the potential dangers of this sort of dust. City of Edinburgh, later renamed City of Elgin, continued to fly for British Airways after the incident, before being sold to European Aviation Air Charter. The flight crew immediately performed the engine shutdown drill, quickly cutting off fuel supply and arming the fire extinguishers. He obtained his private pilot licence at 17 flying Hornet Moths, Tiger Moths and Chipmunks and from there it was off to the BOAC training college at Hamble. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has adopted only six of the 35 safety recommendations made by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in its final report on Flight 1549. Passengers reportedly scribbled notes to loved ones (one, by Charles Capewell, read: "Ma. Moody throttled back; however, engine number two surged again and was shut down. It wasn't until later, when Capt Moody, his crew and the 247 passengers on board the flight, were safely back on the ground, that he discovered the cause of the narrowly averted catastrophe - volcanic ash. "That's not unusual in high wispy cloud. The minimum time in grade to be considered eligible for retirement is two years. With nerves of steel, the captain, Eric Moody, miraculously landed the plane. Moody displaying the cool-headed nature required of a pilot made the following announcement to his passengers: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Then theres a more recent case study of a 54-year-old woman in Switzerland who had a small patch of hair loss. In this photo taken from the view of a plane window, smoke billows out from a plane that caught fire at McCarran international airport. The crew worked together to create a virtual glideslope using the localiser and distance measuring equipment. As the ash entered the engines, it melted in the combustion chambers and adhered to the inside of the power-plant. Jan 31 Saints and Broncos are finalizing compensation in return for Super Bowl-winning HC Sean Payton, sources tell ESPN. Broncos fans: 0:11 1.6M views What do you do? Capt Moody was piloting a 263-seater British Airways Boeing 747 flight from London to Auckland in June 1982 when he ran into an ash plume erupting from Mount Galunggung in Java, Indonesia. That pleased me more than anything. Looking out the side windows of the cockpit, the crew noticed the front of the engines were glowing as if lit inside. As the aircraft approached its target altitude, the St Elmo's fire effect on the windscreen returned. We traveled 80 nautical miles forward, and 15,000 feet or so. Officers selected for but not promoted to the next higher grade must specifically decline promotion in their retirement in lieu of orders (RILO) request. Shortly after 13:40 UTC (20:40 Jakarta time) above the Indian Ocean, south of Java, the flight crew (consisting of Senior First Officer Roger Greaves and Senior Engineer Officer Barry Townley-Freeman while Captain Eric Moody was in the lavatory) first noted an effect on the windscreen similar to St Elmo's fire. Burkill took the instinctive decision to bring in the aircraft's flaps in a last-ditch attempt to reduce drag and give the plane a chance of clearing Hatton Cross. Naturally, there was concern in the cockpit, with the flight engineer exclaiming: "I don't believe it - all four engines have failed!" Sullenberger, now retired, speaks internationally on airline safety. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. Although I was actually flying - hand flying the airplane. The second engine failed 30 seconds later and the other two shortly afterwards. We have a small problem. I trust you are not in too much distress.. With insufficient oxygen masks for those on board, co-pilot Alastair Atchison, who was also helping hold Lancaster inside the aircraft, made a rapid emergency descent and searched for the nearest airport. In some cases the white hairs are unaffected by the condition. Engine number 2 exploded over Indonesia, damaging a wing and causing a fuel tank fire, forcing the plane, an A380 with 469 people on board, to make an emergency landing in Singapore. Most Popular Now | 56,514 people are reading stories on the site right now. Moody's announcement was actually more than that. Gliding as low as 12,000 feet, they turned back towards Indonesia. Moody was just 3 years old when he expressed a desire to be fighter pilot after watching World War II dogfights over the Southampton docks. Eventually, the engines came back to life after the molten ash that clogged the engines solidified and broke off. And quite honestly, it would probably be too heavy to make commercial sense. The captain of this Qantas flight - Richard Champion de Crespigny- was also given a Polaris Award. Life-threatening situations are not only rare, but unpredictable and no ethics committee is going to let you induce a sufficiently terrifying experience in a lab volunteer. Minutes later there were no working engines left. Eric Moody also showed little sign of being terrified as he managed to make an emergency landing at Jakarta airport later he discovered that a plume of ash from a volcano had knocked out all four engines. According to Chinese media, the pilot, named He Chao, was at the helm of an Airbus A320-200, preparing to take off from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport. MOODY: Yeah, they were. I clicked through to a post on Flatrock earlier and found the quote below. It was, in Moody's words, "a bit like negotiating one's way up abadger's arse.". The City of Edinburgh had been cruising at 37,000 feet over the ocean on a June night w All four engines have stopped. Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you're on the go. Within seconds, and almost simultaneously, engines one and three flamed out, prompting the flight engineer to exclaim, "I don't believe itall four engines have failed!"[3]. The flight crew quickly determined that the aircraft was capable of gliding for 23 minutes and covering 91 nautical miles (169km) from its flight level of 37,000 feet (11,000m). They had no idea what was causing the flame-outs. By that time, the jet had been gliding for 13 minutes without engines with the crew working hard to restart them. Dec 2021 - Present1 year 2 months. The plane returned to Detroit, and - despite being forced to land dangerously fast - McCormick touched down safely. In his calmest pilots voice Moody made an announcement: Good evening ladies and gentlemen, This is your captain speaking. This episode was repeated a number of times when the Eyjafjallajkull volcano caused a large-scale shutdown of European airspace. Its just one of those things that you gain or you learn from other people and experience.. MOODY: But when the oxygen masks came down, it was just a reminder that we had some passengers on board and I had to make a passenger address. As he climbed the stairs of the Jumbo he noticed puffs of "smoke" billowing from the vents in the floor and detected an acrid smell. To mark the 10th anniversary of the Miracle on the Hudson, we recount the tales of heroic pilots who really earned their hefty salaries. I trust you are not in too much distress.". Up in the cockpit, Moody and his team were working overtime. He attended a school near Winchester that had an RAF cadet force and, importantly, learnt to fly a glider at 16. With cabin pressure dropping, the flight crew needs to get on oxygen but the first officers mask has problems and there is a risk he might succumb to hypoxia. The City of Edinburgh had been cruising at 37,000 feet over the ocean on a June night w "The whole night sky lit up. Pilots Malcolm Waters and David Hayhoe were given the Polaris Award - from the International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Associations - for their heroism. Captain Bryce McCormick, who initially believed the plane had suffered a mid-air collision, declared an emergency, while flight attendants took oxygen to passengers (masks did not deploy because the plane was below the 14,000ft limit). Engines one, two and three were replaced at Jakarta, as well as the windscreen, and the fuel tanks were cleared of the ash that had entered them through the pressurisation ducts, contaminating the fuel and requiring that it be disposed of. Moody hadnt a clue why. It was two days before investigators confirmed that volcanic ash had been responsible for the near disaster. Despite the weather radar showing clear skies, the crew switched on engine anti-ice and the passenger seat belt signs as a precaution. By clicking Sign up, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider Shortly after that, engines one and two successfully restarted as well. Eric Moody THE HAMPSHIRE pilot of the infamous 1982 British Airways Flight 9 incident today said he believed the Malaysian Airlines MH370 was brought down deliberately. Moody used autopilot to glide the plane into a gentle descent. "; The passenger jet effectively turned into a glider, Capt Moody accepting an award after his safe handling of the crisis, Clare Wickett, a flight attendant on BA 009, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites, How the world's oldest clove tree defied an empire, Why Royal Ballet principal Sergei Polunin quit, How Captain Eric Moodys brush with volcanic ash became aircraft lore-2 hrs ago, Why is volcanic ash a threat? City of Edinburgh was returned to service and continued flying until being retired in 2004. After falling more than 25,000 feet and preparing to ditch in the Indian Ocean, the plane's crew eventually got the engines restarted. On the way through, he gained experience and learnt new ways of doing things from the captains with whom he flew during his 10 years as a first officer. All four engines have stopped. "We were about to stall and fall out of the sky," said Captain Peter Burkill in an interview two years later. But as Claudia Hammond finds out, it is difficult to get to the root of the problem. The plane landed in Jakarta. One by one, all four of its engines failed. Heading for Perth, Australia, the weather forecast for the five-hour journey was good and the crew were anticipating an uneventful flight. Capt Moody was piloting a 263-seater British Airways Boeing 747 flight from London to Auckland in June 1982 when he ran into an ash plume erupting from Mount Galunggung in Java, Indonesia. The same thing is said to have happened to several historical figures, but in a far shorter time frame. The windscreen had been effectively sandblasted by the ash and, while the instruments on the aircraft were working, that wasnt true of the instrument landing system (ILS) in Jakarta. Up in the cockpit, Moody and his team were working overtime. "We glided from 37,000ft to 12,000ft before we got [the engines] going again," recalls Capt Moody. Host Scott Simon talks to the retired pilot about the current cloud of volcanic ash drifting across Europe, and how airlines will have to cope. We have a small problem. A dry sense of perspective that probably did more to relax the passengers than thousands of words of explanation ever could have. WebCaptain Eric Moody was later praised for a cabin announcement that was described as "a masterpiece of understatement." The great rewilding debate should we be returning eagles and wolves to our national parks? We just kept trying. Pa XXX" on the cover of his ticket wallet.[2]. 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