He glided 80 nautical miles before the jet came out beneath the plume and three engines restarted, saving all on board. 11th June, 1983. We have a small problem. 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. G-BDXH's engineless flight entered the Guinness Book of Records as the longest glide in a non-purpose-built aircraft (this record was later broken by Air Canada Flight 143 in 1983 and Air Transat Flight 236 in 2001). ", Get email updates with the day's biggest stories. Something went wrong, please try again later. Eric said to his first officer Ok Roger put out a mayday, at 8:44 Pm the first officer roger transmitted jakarta, Jakarta mayday mayday speedbird 9 we've lost all 4 engines were leaving 370 But even a simple mayday call proved to be harder than usual, Jakarta control misunderstood the mayday call, they were under the impression that engine number 4 had failed, A nearby garuda indonesia plane relayed the message to Jakarta Control and only then did they understand the severity of the situation. It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of John Eric Henry Moody (Warrandyte, Victoria), who passed away on April 19, 2020, at the age of 96, leaving to mourn family and friends. When Atchison tried to get on the radio to declare an emergency, he couldn't hear the response due to all the chaos erupting around him. The 747 had a glide ratio of 15:1. Will do best for boys. Many passengers were largely unaware that anything was wrong while the crew on the flight deck were frantically trying to figure out the cause of this freak failure. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. In 37 short, direct, and simple words, Captain Moody conveyed the following: "Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem. So now he was plummeting toward the ocean, blinded by clouds and working with an artificial horizon system that was saying everything was OK (even though it plainly was not). One such passenger was Charles Capewell, who scrawled "Ma. Times Syndication Service. After falling more than 25,000 feet and preparing to ditch in the Indian Ocean, the plane's crew eventually got the engines restarted. Er und seine Crew retteten durch seine Entscheidungen und sein Handeln viele Menschen. In 1982, Captain Eric Moody was piloting a British Airways jet over Indonesia when he unexpectedly flew into an ash cloud. "Good evening ladies and gentlemen, this is Captain Eric Moody. The crew immediately descended and held 12,000 feet (3,700m). This is your captain speaking. And that, in fact, no one had ever survived that situation? But they also clogged up both engines, and the plane lost all power. Sorry. All four engines have stopped. Captain Eric Moody was commanding a London-to-Auckland British Airways Boeing 747 on June 24, 1982, when it encountered an ash plume from the erupting Mount Galunggung, south-east of Jakarta. As the ash entered the engines, it melted in the combustion chambers and adhered to the inside of the power plant. At 8:42 PM Jakarta time or 1:42 pm UTC Flight engineer barry freeman called out engine failure number 4 engine number 4 had flamed out, captain moody called for the engine fire drill and the other two pilots carried it out. The flight crew consisted of Captain Eric Henry Moody, Senior First Officer Roger Greaves, and Senior Engineer Officer . His writing has appeared in The National Interest and other news media. Captain Moody served with British Airways for 32 years, retiring in 1996 with over 17,000 flight hours. Choose your file Higher quality (128kbps) Lower quality (64kbps) . Owing to the high Indonesian mountains on the south coast of the island of Java, an altitude of at least 11,500 feet (3,500 m) was required to cross the coast safely. In September 2009 the environmental group 10:10 bought the fuselage of City Of Edinburgh to be made into tags. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. 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. With a plan in place they began their engine restart attempts, were they in the ideal situation for an engine restart? One such passenger was Charles Capewell, who scrawled "Ma. In 1982, a pilot called Captain Eric Moody was all ready for quiet overnight flight from Kuala Lumpur to Perth. Former manager at a Fortune 100 financial services company, now I'm living my dream analyzing and writing about the NFL, NBA, and WNBA for ESPN. Family and friends can send flowers and/or light a candle as a loving gesture for their loved one. In 1982, when Mount Galunggung volcano, Indonesia, erupted, several Boeing 747s encountered ash from this eruption. No one was more surprised than Sullenburger, by the way, who in all the excitement had forgotten the bridge was there (which is understandable because his windshield was covered in dead goose). Capt Moody said the ash cloud resembled a St Elmo's Fire electrical storm - as a bright blue glow lit up the sky around them. The crew noticed the front of the engines were glowing as if lit inside when they looked out the side windows of the cockpit. As pressure within the cabin fell, oxygen masks dropped from the ceiling an automatic emergency measure to make up for the lack of air. On 24 June 1982, the route was flown by the City of Edinburgh, a Boeing 747-200 registered as G-BDXH. 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. Moody throttled back; however, engine number two surged again and was shut down. 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). 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Shortly thereafter, engine three restarted, allowing him to climb slowly. 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. I trust you are not in too much distress. The crew began engine restart drills, despite being well outside the recommended maximum engine in-flight start envelope altitude of 28,000 feet (8,500m). 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At 13,500 feet (4,100 m), the crew was approaching the altitude at which they would have to turn over the ocean and attempt a risky ditching. 09 Nov 2017 at 5:00pm. "[1] Although the runway lights could be made out through a small strip of the windscreen, the landing lights on the aircraft seemed to be inoperable. In 1989, United Flight 232 took off from Denver for Chicago. Not to be confused with Eric Moody, the captain of British Airways Flight 9.Eric Lane Moody (born January 6, 1971) is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher. 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. All four engines have stopped. [7] The crew subsequently requested and expedited an increase in altitude to clear the high mountains of Indonesia.[8]. The British are masters of the art, with the result that their communications often leave the rest of us quite bewildered. Captain Eric Moody's announcement to the passengers after losing power has become legendary. He was going to have to set the plane down, which meant finding something other than a runway. In trouble. On 24 June 1982, the route was flown by the City of Edinburgh, a 747-236B. However, the news had to be announced when the passenger oxygen masks dropped as the plane steepened its descent. Captain Moody and Senior Cabin Services Officer Graham Skinner were awarded the Queens Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air. Passengers witnessed first hand the engines going up in flames and smoke and proceeded to scribble goodbye notes to relatives. Take the announcement made by British Airways pilot Eric Moody in 1982, after flying through a cloud of volcanic ash over Indonesia: "Good evening again, ladies and gentlemen. 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 was only after a nearby Garuda Indonesia flight relayed the message to Air Traffic Control that it was correctly understood. If landing an airliner on a river already sounds like trying to float a boat through an iceberg, well, the situation was actually worse than that. Casey Planespotting: https://www.youtube.com/user/transformereviewsCharlest103 Aviation Videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/charlest103747 Picture: Richard . But that alone wasnt enough to cause alarm, Capt Moody said to BBC. Photo credit: Richard Silagi via Wikipedia and British Airways. The pencil test from 1996 shows that Hank has been the same stern patriarch since before he had color, The Trump White House tried to pressure Disney into silencing Kimmel or, as Kimmel puts it, President Karen demanded to speak to my manager. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. Ash had clogged the engines, which only restarted when enough of the molten ash solidified and broke off. 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). In 1993, Tootell married fellow passenger James Ferguson, who had been seated in the row in front of her. Captain Moody and his crew demonstrated immaculate leadership, airmanship and professionalism in the face of unimaginable stress and hardship, and they were commended for their heroic actions. So the story had a happy ending. How much did Eric Moody weigh when playing? [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. Captain Eric Moody. All four engines have stopped. British Airways Flight 009, sometimes referred to by its callsign Speedbird 9 or as the Jakarta incident,[1] was a scheduled British Airways flight from London Heathrow to Auckland, with stops in Bombay, Kuala Lumpur, Perth, and Melbourne. Graham SKINNER, Cabin Services Officer, British Airways. They were out of thrust but the instruments still worked. At the time of the incident, the flight crew of BA009 consisted of 32-year-old Senior First Officer Roger Greaves, 40-year-old Senior Engineer Officer Barry Townley-Freeman, and 41-year-old Captain Eric Henry Moody. Kids cartoons saved more lives than anyone knew. 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). Captain Eric Moody was later praised for a cabin announcement that was described as "a masterpiece of understatement.". And even worse, the windshield was so fogged up that they had to rely on the lights on the tarmac they could only see through a small, clear part of the windshield. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. As the aircraft approached its target altitude, the St Elmo's fire effect on the windscreen returned. 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. Action News and 6abc.com are Philadelphia's source for breaking news and live streaming video online, covering Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware. Captain Eric Moody gave an interview to the July 2010 edition of Flaps Podcast, where he recounted his experience. Moody's announcement was actually more than that. It took two days to the investigators to confirm that volcanic ash had been responsible for the near disaster. It was, in Moody's words, "a bit like negotiating one's way up a badger's arse. I trust you are not in too much distress.". It was a masterpiece, period. In 37 short, direct, and simple words, Captain Moody conveyed the following: "Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem. 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. Sign up for notifications from Insider! However, Jakarta Area Control misunderstood the message, interpreting the call as meaning that only engine number four had shut down. 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. Casey Planespotting: https://www.youtube.com/user/transformereviewsCharlest103 Aviation Videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/charlest103747 Picture: Richard SilagiSt Elmo's Fire Picture: Public Domain Donations are never expected but are appreciated: paypal.me/miniaircrashThis is the story of speedbird 9 or british airways flight 9. Many passengers, fearing for their lives, wrote notes to relatives. I'm 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. But sometimes, things do go wrong. Eventually all four engines were running andthe747 began to regain altitude. The impact the dust was having on the aircraft itself was detailed by then Capt Moodys flight engineer. [3] Flight 9 was not the first encounter with this eruption a Garuda DC-9 had encountered ash on 5 April 1982.[8]. 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. Way wrong. In the past 40 years, several jet-powered commercial airplanes have encountered clouds of volcanic ash and suffered damage as a result.. ; Eric Moody pitched 4 2 / 3 innings in relief, but lost on an unearned run. A third of the passengers lost their lives (many weren't because of the crash, but from inhaling the smoke that filled the cabin) but the efforts of Haynes, co-pilot William Records and engineer Dudley Dvorak, saved the lives of 200 people. 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. The aircraft flew into a cloud of volcanic ash thrown up by the eruption of Mount Galunggung (approximately 180 kilometres (110 mi) south-east of Jakarta, Indonesia), resulting in the failure of all four engines. For most of the trip, the pilot is there to make sure nothing goes wrong. Interview With Eric Moody. 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With unbelievable restraint, Captain Eric Moody addressed British Airways flight 009 as his Boeing 747 drifted inexorably down towards the Indian Ocean. And here's where one Mr. Alastair Atchison stepped up to the goddamned plate. Despite the lack of time, Moody made an announcement to the passengers that has been described as "a masterpiece of understatement":[3]. 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. Pa XXX" on the cover of his ticket wallet.[2]. Despite the lack of time, Moody made an announcement to the passengers that has been described as "a masterpiece of understatement":[4].mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 40px}.mw-parser-output .templatequote .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;padding-left:1.6em;margin-top:0}, Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. $\begingroup$ The captain was channeling Eric Moody, captain of BA009, a 747 which had lost all 4 engines after flying through a cloud of volcanic ash: "Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. All four engines have stopped. The aircraft flew into a cloud of volcanic ash thrown up by the eruption of Mount Galunggung around 110 miles (180km) south-east of Jakarta, Indonesia, resulting in the failure of all four engines. G-BDXG was repaired and flown back to London, where it underwent further, more extensive repairs. "[1] Although the runway lights could be made out through a small strip of the windscreen, the landing lights on the aircraft seemed to be inoperable. 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. Eric Moody over 30 years ago has become the greatest airline passenger announcement of all time and is brought back to life by the eruption of yet another Indonesian volcano. [3], At approximately 13:42 UTC (20:42 Jakarta time), engine number four began surging and soon flamed out. ; Briefly Right-hander Eric Moody signed a one-year contract yesterday. The tags, bearing the campaign's logo, were worn as necklaces or bracelets and used to raise awareness of 10:10's work: the organisation aimed to persuade individuals, organizations and businesses to reduce their carbon emissions by 10% in 2010.[11]. Whether you're looking for an action-packed day of fishing, taking in a dolphin or sightseeing cruise or a combination of all three, then you came to the right place! Dario Leone is an aviation, defense and military writer. We told you, the Chinese didn't give a single fuck. A normal landing is at 140 knots, Flight 232 was coming in at 240 knots, which is less like landing and more like crashing at an angle. Incident []. And so they headed down, speeding toward the pavement, squinting through glass caked with goddamned volcano ash. It was, in Moody's words, "a bit like negotiating one's way up a badger's arse. 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