We have a small problem. The landing was hard and fast Pearson had to brake so hard he blew two tyres, while the aircrafts nose fell off, starting a small fire but all 61 on board survived unharmed. The City of Edinburgh had been cruising at 37,000 feet over the ocean on a June night w Captain Moody is not alone. One study showed that hair naturally greys through the same chemical used to bleach hair from bottles. We must've come out of the ash cloud. The first sign of trouble came as the plane, which had hit cruising height, headed past Java over the south-eastern Indian Ocean. Despite the weather radar showing clear skies, the crew switched on engine anti-ice and the passenger seat belt signs as a precaution. same chemical used to bleach hair from bottles. 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. One of the passengers, Betty Tootell, wrote a book about the incident, All Four Engines Have Failed. But that alone wasn't enough to cause alarm, Capt Moody says, recalling the events when he spoke to BBC's Good Morning Scotland on Thursday. The events around one British Airways flight in 1982 reveal the potential dangers of this sort of dust. In this remarkable incident, on board a BA flight to Malaga with 81 passengers, a badly-fitted windscreen panel failed, sucking the captain, Tim Lancaster, halfway out of the cockpit. As it left Detroit on 12 June 1972, American Airlines flight 96 from LA to New York lost its rear cargo door, causing a decompression explosion. Up in the cockpit, Moody and his team were working overtime. But this doesnt explain other anecdotal tales, for instance in young people who would have so few white hairs that if all their darker hair fell any white hairs remaining would be very sparse. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. Effective date of retirement is no later than August 1, 2022. MOODY: Well, it was sheer bloody-mindedness and persistence. I was always brought up to expect the aeroplane might break any minute, he adds. All four engines have stopped. All four engines have stopped. The plane had flown into a cloud of dust spewed out by an eruption of Mount Galunggung, 110 miles south east of Jakarta. "Engine failure number four engine failure number two," he said. There was a scientist who afterwards, called Fred Prata - P-R-A-T-A - and he developed a volcanic ash detector. As we age, the cells in hair follicles stop producing these pigments and the resulting hairs are colourless. Up in the cockpit, Moody and his team were working overtime. 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. here's Wikipedia's description of the incident: Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air, The crew's intense focus on the problem (without false assurances that they could fix it), Concern for the well-being of the passengers (without being patronizing). However, Jakarta Area Control misunderstood the message, interpreting the call as meaning that only engine number four had shut down. From November, 1981, to September, 1986, he coordinated all the FBIs Labor Racketeering investigations. A feature film starring Tom Hanks followed. This is your captain speaking. 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. 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. WebCaptain Moody served with British Airways for 32 years, retiring in 1996 with over 17,000 flight hours. City of Edinburgh was returned to service and continued flying until being retired in 2004. Hackett took the unorthodox decision to immediately re-land at Stansted rather than climb away and touch down later. As his aircraft was accelerating down the runway, however, a second China Eastern Airlines plane - an Airbus A330-300 arriving from Beijing - entered its path. US Airways Captain Chesley B Sully Sullenberger. 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. Shortly after that, engines one and two successfully restarted as well. Minutes later there were no working engines left. Airports are being closed across the UK after dust which spewed from a volcano in Iceland, began drifting southwards. Moody hadnt a clue why. Ash had clogged the engines, which only restarted when enough of the molten ash solidified and broke off. After landing, the flight crew found it impossible to taxi, due to glare from apron floodlights which made the already sandblasted windscreen opaque. Born in Savannah, Ga and growing up in Hinesville, I was always close The remains of the aircraft involved in the Miracle of the Hudson,anAirbus A320 (registrationN106US) was sent to theCarolinas Aviation Museumin Charlotte, NC. 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. 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. He says pilots of his era expected things to go wrong and thought ahead about what they would do when that happened. It is thought to be caused by an auto-immune response, where the bodys defence system turns on itself. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. Eventually, the engines came back to life after the molten ash that clogged the engines solidified and broke off. The Miracle on the Hudson was hailed as the most successful ditching in aviation history by the NTSB. 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. Without engine thrust, a 747-200 has a glide ratio of approximately 15:1, meaning it can glide forward 15 kilometres for every kilometre it drops. 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". They had no idea what was causing the flame-outs. 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. And thats something thats not changed at all. "It was, yeah, a little bit frightening.". So the story had a happy ending. I trust you are not in too much distress.. MOODY: So we glided 25,000 feet. 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. "That's not unusual in high wispy cloud. The pilot chose to continue to accelerate and performed a steep take-off, avoiding a collision by just 19 metres (62 feet). We had a really good team there when it came to experience and airmanship, he says of BA9. WebMoody was then transferred to FBI Headquarters, OC Section, Criminal Investigative Division. 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. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. But quite honestly, a pilot flies his feet, and wherever he goes the rest of the airplane follows. In 1996, a hijacked Ethiopian Airlines flight crashed into the ocean near the Comoros Islands after running out of fuel. After being ferried back to London, engine number four was replaced and major work was undertaken to return the aircraft to service. as well as other partner offers and accept our. The Boeing 747's engines caught on fire and stopped, causing the plane to go down. British Airways, including its subsidiaries, has been involved in just three fatal accidents - and none since 1985. Gliding as low as 12,000 feet, they turned back towards Indonesia. But as they flew over Java, an engine failed. The cloud sandblasted the windscreen and landing light covers and clogged the engines. 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. Plane going down. Perhaps the best known incident of recent times, involving the most brilliantly monikered pilot. Up in the cockpit, Moody and his team were working overtime. The near-miss was compared to the 1977 Tenerife Airport disaster, the deadliest aviation accident of all time, in which 583 people were killed after two Boeing 747s collided on the runway. Officers selected for but not promoted to the next higher grade must specifically decline promotion in their retirement in lieu of orders (RILO) request. He then called out how high they should be at each DME step along the final approach to the runway, creating a virtual glide slope for them to follow. The minimum time in grade to be considered eligible for retirement is two years. We have a small problem. Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem. 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 captain, Eric Moody, tried to reassure passengers with the following statement: "Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. However, due to the sound of rushing air, he could not hear air traffic control. The crew immediately descended and held 12,000 feet (3,700m). Henkey is the latest man and all these heroes are men, owing to an industry where women are still an extreme minority to join the ranks of airplane pilots who demonstrated quick thinking in the face of destruction. The captain considered getting the co-pilot to take control but concluded that, given the time available and the challenging conditions, his best course of action was to move his right hand from the power levers on to the yoke to regain control. After being assessed for post-traumatic stress disorder, Burkill returned to the cockpit five months later. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. 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. Needing time to calmly consider his options, Capt Moody used autopilot to put the plane into a gentle descent, and instructed his first officer to issue a mayday call. 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. Moody's announcement was actually more than that. The best explanation for it is not that the hair changes colour, but that the pigmented hairs fall out. MOODY: No. 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. Then Capt Moody's flight engineer detailed the impact the dust was having on the aircraft itself. But there was no sign of that on the 747s weather radar, although turning on the landing lights gave the impression of flying through clouds. 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. 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. The only way to go faster, and avoiding stalling, was to take a steeper approach. It was a masterpiece, period. In trouble. They had no idea what was causing the flame-outs. If an exceptional speechwriter had spent a week composing the message, he or she couldn't have done better. "; 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? "We were heading straight for the buildings around Hatton Cross Tube station," Burkill recalled. Naturally, there was concern in the cockpit, with the flight engineer exclaiming: "I don't believe it - all four engines have failed!" 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. She notes: "The 28th December 2006 marks the start of our 14th year of honeymoon, and on the 24th June 2007 many passengers and crew will no doubt gather to celebrate the 25th anniversary of our mid-air adventure. It blew four tyres when it landed, but no one was hurt. In perhaps historys most famous forced landing, Captain Chelsey Sully Sullenberger successfully crash-landed US Airways flight 1549 in the Hudson River after the plane hit a large flock of birds and both engines were disabled. It was scrapped at Bournemouth Airport, Dorset, England, in 2009. "Not a day goes by without it crossing my mind," he told the BBC last year. The sky was clear and the crew were happy because they had some extra Malaysian satay that night. Henkey, who has been a pilot for 42 years, issued a mayday call and brought the plane to a stop. Sign up for notifications from Insider! We have a small problem. 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. As the engine cooled from inactivity, and as the aircraft descended out of the ash cloud, the molten ash solidified and enough broke off for air to again flow smoothly through the engine, allowing a successful restart. 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 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. After falling more than 25,000 feet and preparing to ditch in the Indian Ocean, the plane's crew eventually got the engines restarted. It's a major hassle when your prosthetic arm has just fallen off. The crew began engine restart drills, despite being well above the recommended maximum engine in-flight start envelope altitude of 28,000 feet (8,500m). Will do best for boys. Youll love it! We have a small problem. 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 crew received various awards, including the Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air and medals from the British Air Line Pilots Association. When all four engines on the Boeing 747 being flown by Captain Eric Moody shut down at 37,000ft, he hadn't a clue why. 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. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. All four engines have stopped. No announcement was made to instruct the passengers to fasten their seatbelts, and 20 of the 57 passengers died in the accident. And we had to wait another minute and 20 seconds; another one started up very slowly, as they'd run down. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter, Paper Monitor, Your Letters, Quote of the Day, Caption Competition and more, Tourists flock to 'Jesus's tomb' in Kashmir. We did things that were outside the book. The aircraft was taken out of service in February 2004; in 2009, the then 30-year-old aircraft was scrapped. Its just one of those things that you gain or you learn from other people and experience.. Because the ash cloud was dry, it did not appear on the weather radar, which was designed to detect the moisture in clouds. The plane was badly damaged, and stopped yard from the M11 motorway, but everyone on board survived and Hackett was praised for defying protocol. Capt Moody, who had left the cockpit for a stroll, was summoned back to the flight deck. 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. You can say its in my blood. We have a small problem. 56,514 people are reading stories on the site right now. New York, New York, United States. Eventually, after quarter of an hour without any power, the engines were brought back to life. Its where you come from.. The report went on: "He did this, but with power still applied and possibly a gust affecting the aircraft, a normal touchdown was followed by a bounce, from which the aircraft landed heavily. The minimum time in grade to be considered eligible for retirement is two years. Once the flight cleared the ash cloud, the crew was able to restart each engine and then make a safe landing at Anchorage.[12]. The City of Edinburgh had been cruising at 37,000 feet over the ocean on a June night when the number 4 engine, a Rolls-Royce RB- 211, started surging and flamed out. The aircraft was able to glide far enough to exit the ash cloud, and all engines were restarted (although one failed again soon after), allowing the aircraft to land safely at the Halim Perdanakusuma Airport in Jakarta. A plume of volcanic ash from Iceland has led to flights across the UK being grounded. 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. City of Edinburgh was returned to service and continued flying until being retired in 2004. We are all doing our damnedest to get them going again. So Fred developed this but he couldn't find anybody to put it into production. On 24 June 1982, the route was flown by the City of Edinburgh, a 747-236B. The crew decided to fly the ILS (Instrument Landing System); however, the glide slope (vertical guidance) system was inoperative, so they were forced to fly with only the localizer (lateral guidance) as the first officer monitored the airport's DME (Distance Measuring Equipment). Moody used autopilot to glide the plane into a gentle descent. There are times, he tells Flight Safety Australia, that pilots need to work outside the rules and this was one of them. The events around one British Airways flight in 1982 reveal the potential dangers of this sort of dust. In his calmest pilots voice Moody made an announcement: Good evening ladies and gentlemen, This is your captain speaking. They calculated the giant Boeing could glide for less than 25 minutes from 37,000 feet and there was a problem with high mountains between the aircraft and Jakarta. That pleased me more than anything. Less than a minute later, at 13:43 UTC (20:43 Jakarta time), engine two surged and flamed out. 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