Please review our, You need to be a subscriber to join the conversation. A nearly identical incident occurred on 15 December 1989 when KLM Flight 867, a Boeing 747-400 from Amsterdam to Anchorage, Alaska, flew into the plume of the erupting Mount Redoubt, causing all four engines to fail due to compressor stall. The first sign of trouble came as the plane, which had hit cruising height, headed past Java over the south-eastern Indian Ocean. "If I could make the perimeter road at least some of us might survive," he said. Up in the cockpit, Moody and his team were working overtime. 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. A China Eastern Airlines pilot was labelled a hero in 2016, and presented with a cash reward, after his quick thinking avoided a runway collision that could have killed up to 439 people. Moody throttled back; however, engine number two surged again and was shut down. 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. We have a small problem. The medical name for the sudden whitening of the hair is canities subita. The English lawyer Sir Thomas More, who was later canonised, was executed in the Tower of London in 1535, and again his hair was reported to have turned white before his death. When he opened the door to the cockpit he saw the windscreen ablaze with a St Elmo's fire - a discharge of static electricity. 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. He eventually landed safely in Southampton, where Lancaster was treated for frostbite, shock and a broken arm. We have a small problem. New York, New York, United States. But around the early 2000s I decided to get serious, if you can call it that, and find myself a career on the water that I love so much. SIMON: So when did you find out that it was - you'd run into a volcano? During the struggle, the plane was forced into a roll just before impact with the water, causing the craft to break into three pieces. As Flight 9 approached Jakarta, the crew found it difficult to see anything through the windscreen, and made the approach almost entirely on instruments, despite reports of good visibility. She was imprisoned for a year, so perhaps she was denied hair dye in captivity and by the time she appeared in public again at her execution with her hair cut short her grey roots had grown out. Fortunately the incident ended happily, with the 46-year-old landing safely. Eventually, the engines came back to life after the molten ash that clogged the engines solidified and broke off. It was, in Moody's words, "a bit like negotiating one's way up abadger's arse.". The idea proposed from studies in mice is that melanin-making cells produce hydrogen peroxide, which is normally broken down by an enzyme called catalase. However, it soon began to grow thicker and had an ominous odour of sulphur. It blew four tyres when it landed, but no one was hurt. Naturally, there was concern in the cockpit, with the flight engineer exclaiming: "I don't believe it - all four engines have failed!" This explanation might well account for cases like that of Captain Moody. The crew received various awards, including the Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air and medals from the British Air Line Pilots Association. Our first thoughts were it was a bomb.". Finding a new job with an accident on his record, however, proved difficult, and he rejoined the airline in 2010. 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 commander's decision to land the aircraft immediately on the runway remaining was sensible in the circumstances," anAir Accidents Investigation Branch report concluded. A plume of volcanic ash from Iceland has led to flights across the UK being grounded. His hair took a year to turn completely white. Part of a Airbus 320 plane, US Airways flight 1549, sticks out of the Hudson River near Battery Park City, where it was tied after it crashed in the river on 15 January 2009 in New York City. And then another and another. Heading for Perth, Australia, the weather forecast for the five-hour journey was good and the crew were anticipating an uneventful flight. It was scrapped at Bournemouth Airport, Dorset, England, in 2009. American Airlines Flight 96 from LA to New York ran into trouble soon after a stopover in Detroit, when the rear cargo door suddenly broke off. On 24 June 1982, the route was flown by the City of Edinburgh, a 747-236B. Airmanship may sound old school but former British Airways captain Eric Moody argues it is just as important now as it was when he and his crew struggled to restart all 4 engines on his Boeing 747-200 in 1982. 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. He attended a school near Winchester that had an RAF cadet force and, importantly, learnt to fly a glider at 16. From November, 1981, to September, 1986, he coordinated all the FBIs Labor Racketeering investigations. In his calmest pilots voice Moody made an announcement: Good evening ladies and gentlemen, This is your captain speaking. Despite the weather radar showing clear skies, the crew switched on engine anti-ice and the passenger seat belt signs as a precaution. It was only after a Singapore Airlines 747 was forced to shut down three of its engines while flying through the same area nineteen days later (13 July) that Indonesian authorities closed the airspace permanently and rerouted airways to avoid the area; a watch was set up to monitor clouds of ash. Airmanship is as important as technical flying skills but harder to teach. WebSingle Family Office. Officers selected for but not promoted to the next higher grade must specifically decline promotion in their retirement in lieu of orders (RILO) request. Sign up for our newsletter for the latest tech news and scoops delivered daily to your inbox. We finish on a slightly comical note. There are times, he tells Flight Safety Australia, that pilots need to work outside the rules and this was one of them. In 1996, a hijacked Ethiopian Airlines flight crashed into the ocean near the Comoros Islands after running out of fuel. 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. Although there were guidelines for the water landing procedure, no one had ever tried it in a Boeing 747, nor has anyone since. The plane, with first officer, the ironically named John Coward, at the controls, landed around 270 metres short of the runway, just beyond the A30. Perhaps the best known incident of recent times, involving the most brilliantly monikered pilot. The Miracle on the Hudson was hailed as the most successful ditching in aviation history by the NTSB. Post-flight investigation revealed that City of Edinburgh's problems had been caused by flying through a cloud of volcanic ash from the eruption of Mount Galunggung. Hair gets its colour from two types of melanin pigment eumelanin which dictates how dark the hair is, and pheomelanin which determines how red or yellow it is. As the flight progressed, smoke began to accumulate in the passenger cabin of the aircraft; it was first assumed to be cigarette smoke. But within six months of the incident he noticed that the tip of his quiff had turned white. I trust you are not in too much distress.". One of the first signs of a problem came when smoke began to accumulate in the cabin. All four engines have stopped. So aircraft radar won't pick it up because the wavelength of the aircraft radar is too long. Moody hadnt a clue why. Out of the 175 people on board, 125 died in the accident. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. We have a small problem. The captain of this Qantas flight - Richard Champion de Crespigny- was also given a Polaris Award. Oxygen bags are deployed. The pilot had attempted a water landing while trying to fight off the hijackers. They had no idea what was causing the flame-outs. After leaving the ground, however, a turbine disc failure set the right engine alight and caused panic on board. Moody's announcement was actually more than that. They had no idea what was causing the flame-outs. In his calmest pilots voice Moody made an announcement: Good evening ladies and gentlemen, This is your captain speaking. It kissed the earth and we were on the ground safely. 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. Ahoy there! SIMON: They are several hundred people that I bet feel they owe their lives to you and your crew. The minimum time in grade to be considered eligible for retirement is two years. Moody displaying the cool-headed nature required of a pilot made the following announcement to his passengers: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. The process behind this is not well understood. The subsequent explosive decompression saw part of the floor at the rear of the cabin give way, severing a control cable and disabling one of the engines. The crew immediately descended and held 12,000 feet (3,700m). After being ferried back to London, engine number four was replaced and major work was undertaken to return the aircraft to service. WebIm Captain Eric Moody, a native of coastal Georgia and a full time resident of Jekyll Island for over 25 years with 16 of those years has been spent as a fishing guide. We traveled 80 nautical miles forward, and 15,000 feet or so. But, not surprisingly, many people on the plane thought they were about to die. We are all doing our damnedest to get them going again. Saving the flight fell to Atchison, the co-pilot, who tried to get on the radio to declare an emergency, but couldnt hear the response because of the noises surrounding him. Despite the lack of time, Moody made an announcement to the passengers that has been described as "a masterpiece of understatement":[3]. There was no book for us, he says from his home in England. Furthermore, the dust sandblasted the windscreen, making it almost impossible to see. However, production of the enzyme drops as we age, and the build-up of hydrogen peroxide blocks melanin production. 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]. I trust you are not in too much distress. Following the incident, the crew and passengers formed the Galunggung Gliding Club as a means to keep in contact. Looking out the side windows of the cockpit, the crew noticed the front of the engines were glowing as if lit inside. The aircraft was taken out of service in February 2004; in 2009, the then 30-year-old aircraft was scrapped. Pa XXX" on the cover of his ticket wallet.[2]. Sullenberger, now retired, speaks internationally on airline safety. She managed to trace some 200 of the 247 passengers on the flight, and went on to marry a fellow survivor, James Ferguson, who had been seated in the row in front of her. The captain, Eric Moody, tried to reassure passengers with the following statement: "Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. Moody hadnt a clue why. Because volcanic ash up where we were is like talcum powder; it's that fine. After falling more than 25,000 feet and preparing to ditch in the Indian Ocean, the plane's crew eventually got the engines restarted. He strongly believes pilots should learn to think beyond the process of following checklists and procedures by rote. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. It was only after a nearby Garuda Indonesia flight relayed the message to Air Traffic Control that it was correctly understood. His head and torso were outdoors at 17,300 feet and being battered by 300mph winds while his legs remained inside, with flight attendants gripping him tightly. Then Capt Moody's flight engineer detailed the impact the dust was having on the aircraft itself. A few minutes later number four engine sputtered to a halt, followed by two, then three and one. It's a major hassle when your prosthetic arm has just fallen off. I trust you are not in too much distress. 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. WebEric Moody (Captain) Continued flying for British Airways until retiring in 1996 Roger Greaves (First Officer) Unknown Barry Townley-Freeman (Flight Engineer) Has since retired from British Airways Fire Fight (Air Canada 797) Donald Cameron (Captain) Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. A build-up of ice crystals had caused a restriction in the flow of fuel. Moody's announcement was actually more than that. One of the passengers, Betty Tootell, wrote a book about the incident, All Four Engines Have Failed. WebDespite the lack of time, Moody made an announcement to the passengers that has been described as "a masterpiece of understatement": Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. Many passengers, fearing for their lives, wrote notes to relatives. WebCaptain Eric Moody was later praised for a cabin announcement that was described as "a masterpiece of understatement." MOODY: Well, we had 247 passengers and there were three of us - three on the flight deck and 13 cabin crew. The City of Edinburgh had been cruising at 37,000 feet over the ocean on a June night w All four engines on a Boeing 747 failed at 37,000ft after the plane flew through volcanic ash while passing over Jakarta on 24 June 1982. Though incredibly rare, there have been a few other instances where commercial airliners have been forced to make a landing on water. [9] G-BDXH's engineless flight entered the Guinness Book of Records as the longest glide in a non-purpose-built aircraft. 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. It is thought to be caused by an auto-immune response, where the bodys defence system turns on itself. A flight attendant grabbed Lancaster to keep him from flying away. And we had to wait another minute and 20 seconds; another one started up very slowly, as they'd run down. The City of Edinburgh had been cruising at 37,000 feet over the ocean on a June night w We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. But as they flew over Java, an engine failed. ", The Telegraph values your comments but kindly requests all posts are on topic, constructive and respectful. The plane landed in Jakarta. Im Captain Eric Moody, a native of coastal Georgia and a full time resident of Jekyll Island for over 25 years with 16 of those years has been spent as a fishing guide. The City of Edinburgh had been cruising at 37,000 feet over the ocean on a June night w Always consult your own GP if you're in any way concerned about your health. It wasnt until later, when he, his crew and the 247 passengers on board the flight, were safely back on the ground, that Moody discovered the cause of the narrowly averted catastrophe volcanic ash. The airliner, flown by Captain Eric Moody, lost thrust from all four engines at 37,000ft. I trust you are not in too much distress. Shortly before touchdown, "his prosthetic limb became detached from the yoke clamp, depriving him of control of the aircraft," said an Air Accidents Investigation Branch report. The only way to go faster, and avoiding stalling, was to take a steeper approach. as well as other partner offers and accept our. Henkey, who has been a pilot for 42 years, issued a mayday call and brought the plane to a stop. I think airmanship is at the bottom of it all. But as Claudia Hammond finds out, it is difficult to get to the root of the problem. Dubbed the hero of the Hudson after bringing 155 passengers to safety in the powerless aircraft on 15 January 2009, Sullenberger became a national hero in the US. By that time, the jet had been gliding for 13 minutes without engines with the crew working hard to restart them. Up in the cockpit, Moody and his team were working overtime. I was always brought up to expect the aeroplane might break any minute, he adds. Youll love it! SIMON: This was nearly three decades ago. Pearson initially thought a fuel pump had failed but soon realized the engines had lost power, and was able to glide the Boeing 767-233 safely to an emergency landing at Gimli Industrial Park airport. In 37 short, direct, and simple words, Captain Moody conveyed the following: "Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. This is your captain speaking. MOODY: No. With nerves of steel, the captain, Eric Moody, miraculously landed the plane. With nerves of steel, the captain, Eric Moody, miraculously landed the plane. Effective date of retirement is no later than August 1, 2022. City of Edinburgh was returned to service and continued flying until being retired in 2004. Passengers who had a view out the aircraft windows noted that the engines were unusually bright, with light shining forward through the fan blades and producing a stroboscopic effect. We had a really good team there when it came to experience and airmanship, he says of BA9. The BBC is not liable for the contents of any external internet sites listed, nor does it endorse any commercial product or service mentioned or advised on any of the sites. Moody, first officer Roger Greaves and flight engineer Barry Townley-Freeman had no idea what had caused the unprecedented and statistically improbable multiple failure. Captain John Hackettwas praised in 1998 for averting disaster after his Emerald Airways jet, with the Leeds United football team on board, experienced an engine fire during take-off. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. There was a scientist who afterwards, called Fred Prata - P-R-A-T-A - and he developed a volcanic ash detector. In his calmest pilots voice Moody made an announcement: Good evening ladies and gentlemen, This is your captain speaking. It was two days before investigators confirmed that volcanic ash had been responsible for the near disaster. WebPresident, Moodys Analytics: Michael West: President, Moodys Investors Service: John J. Goggins: Executive Vice President & General Counsel: Senior Vice Presidents; Maral Kazanjian: Chief People Officer: Scott Kenney: Risk Management & Chief Audit Executive: David Platt: Chief Strategy Officer Caroline Sullivan 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. SIMON: Are airliners better equipped to handle a volcano? Moody's announcement was actually more than that. Accuracy and availability may vary. Airports are being closed across the UK after dust which spewed from a volcano in Iceland, began drifting southwards. Despite the crew "squawking" the emergency transponder setting of 7700, the aeroplane could not be located by Air Traffic Control on their radar screens. After its closing I did what most young people do at a tourist destination and started waiting tables and bartending. It can be exacerbated by stress, which could account for the association of white hair with terrifying experiences. They outlined a mechanism through which a hallmark of chronic stress causes DNA damage in mice that could lead to conditions like greying hair. Little has changed since our flight. This is precisely what happened to one Flybe captain in 2014. Up in the cockpit, Moody and his team were working overtime. The plane had flown into a cloud of dust spewed out by an eruption of Mount Galunggung, 110 miles south east of Jakarta. The crew decided that if the aircraft was unable to maintain altitude by the time they reached 12,000 feet (3,700m) they would turn back out to sea and attempt to ditch into the Indian Ocean. In a similar incident to BA Flight 38, this Cathay Pacific service from Surabaya Juanda International Airport in Indonesia suddenly lost the ability to change thrust as it neared Hong Kong, landing at almost twice the recommended speed. 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. The findings were eventually incorporated into a report on the dangers of volcanic ash to aircraft. And then 30 seconds later the other two started up. Sign up for notifications from Insider! We are all doing our damnedest to get them going again. Once the flight cleared the ash cloud, the crew was able to restart each engine and then make a safe landing at Anchorage.[12]. This is your captain speaking. It was, in Moody's words, "a bit like negotiating one's way up a badger's arse. We have a small problem. All four engines have stopped. I don't - I'm not that demonstrative, no. As they performed the engine restart procedure, engine number four finally started, and at 13:56 UTC (20:56 Jakarta time), Moody used its power to reduce the rate of descent. The plane was badly damaged, and stopped yard from the M11 motorway, but everyone on board survived and Hackett was praised for defying protocol. In 1970, an ALM flight from New York to the island of St Maarten ran out of fuel following three landing attempts in adverse weather, and was ultimately forced to land in the Caribbean Sea. "The whole night sky lit up. [3] At 13:44 UTC (20:44 Jakarta time), Greaves declared an emergency to the local air traffic control authority, stating that all four engines had failed. This allowed the 747 to climb but Moody says there was no sense of elation. Officers selected for but not promoted to the next higher grade must specifically decline promotion in their retirement in lieu of orders (RILO) request. All four engines have stopped. British Airways flight 5290 had taken off from London on its way to Spain on 10 June 1990 when part of the planes windshield came loose and sucked Captain Tim Lancaster out of the plane. Dec 2021 - Present1 year 2 months. 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 So Fred developed this but he couldn't find anybody to put it into production. MOODY: No, they're not. Check out her hotel! MOODY: We'll, we didn't find out for sure until two days later, which was quite a worrying period because pilots always think that they're going to get the blame for whatever happens in an airplane. Born in Savannah, Ga and growing up in Hinesville, I was always close to saltwater. It wasnt until later, when he, his crew and the 247 passengers on board the flight, were safely back on the ground, that Moody discovered the cause of the narrowly averted catastrophe volcanic ash. He just wanted to get the plane on the ground. You can say its in my blood. We have a small problem. There's no airborne ash detector that's marketed. We could find the centreline of the runway but I had no glideslope, he said. But he took voluntary redundancy in August 2009 and criticised BA over its handling of the incident, claiming he had been "hung out to dry". From November, 1981, to September, 1986, he coordinated all the FBIs Labor Racketeering investigations. The resulting explosive decompression tore off a larger section of the roof, and a 57-year-old flight attendant called Clarabelle Lansing was swept from her seat and out of the hole in the aircraft. The flight deck door was blown off, blocking the throttle control and causing the plane to accelerate towards the ground. "It was, yeah, a little bit frightening.". Airmanship may sound old school but former British Airways captain Eric Moody argues it is just as important now as it was when he and his crew struggled to restart all 4 engines on his Boeing 747-200 in 1982. 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. I trust you are not in too much distress. [1] The phenomenon persisted after Moody returned from the lavatory. 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. "We were heading straight for the buildings around Hatton Cross Tube station," Burkill recalled. One by one, all four of its engines failed. "We glided from 37,000ft to 12,000ft before we got [the engines] going again," recalls Capt Moody. Stay up to date with what you want to know. It wasn't me any more than the other two on the flight deck. The crew members of the incident segment had boarded the aircraft in Kuala Lumpur, while many of the passengers had been aboard since the flight began in London.[2]. The restaurants actually worth dining at near 11 of Europe's biggest tourist traps, Sully,a veteran pilot with 19,663 hours of flying experience, revealed to Telegraph Travel last year, this Cathay Pacific service from Surabaya Juanda International Airport, This is precisely what happened to one Flybe captain. A fascinating picture of airmanship and teamwork. I trust you are not in too much distress.". 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. It was scrapped at Bournemouth Airport, Dorset, England, in 2009. 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. When the French queen, Marie Antoinette was led to the guillotine at the age of 37, her hair is said to have turned white the night before in anticipation of her execution. Copyright Civil Aviation Safety Authority Australia, Captain Moodys wisdom: the aeroplane might break any minute. However, due to the sound of rushing air, he could not hear air traffic control. All rights reserved. Landing in gusty conditions is a minor inconvenience for any pilot. Moody decides on an emergency descent rather than lose a valuable crew member but Greaves manages to fix the mask and the crew reduces the descent rate as it passes through 20,000 feet. 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). 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 Plane going down. The sky was clear and the crew were happy because they had some extra Malaysian satay that night. 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