The experience of Capt Moody, almost 30 years ago, shows the potential danger clouds of volcanic ash present to modern jet aircraft. Plane going down. The airliner, flown by Captain Eric Moody, lost thrust from all four engines at 37,000ft. Most Popular Now | 56,514 people are reading stories on the site right now. Check out her hotel! Will do best for boys. 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. 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". 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. We have a small problem. "[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. 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. Airports are being closed across the UK after dust which spewed from a volcano in Iceland, began drifting southwards. It was two days before investigators confirmed that volcanic ash had been responsible for the near disaster. Officers selected for but not promoted to the next higher grade must specifically decline promotion in their retirement in lieu of orders (RILO) request. Pilots Malcolm Waters and David Hayhoe were given the Polaris Award - from the International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Associations - for their heroism. 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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. All rights reserved. The remains of the aircraft involved in the Miracle of the Hudson,anAirbus A320 (registrationN106US) was sent to theCarolinas Aviation Museumin Charlotte, NC. 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. Gliding as low as 12,000 feet, they turned back towards Indonesia. And then 30 seconds later the other two started up. 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. 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. The first sign that something untoward was happening had been unusually intense St Elmos fire playing across the windscreen accompanied by an acrid smoke. 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. 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. Officers selected for but not promoted to the next higher grade must specifically decline promotion in their retirement in lieu of orders (RILO) request. Eventually, after quarter of an hour without any power, the engines were brought back to life. 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. Captain Eric Moody gave an interview to the July 2010 edition of Flaps Podcast, where he recounted his experience. And we had to wait another minute and 20 seconds; another one started up very slowly, as they'd run down. The restart attempts failed. 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. And we got to 13,000 feet and one engine started. You just need the ability to think calmly through. We have a small problem. 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). 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). Lancaster survived, suffering a few fractures and frostbite. In his calmest pilots voice Moody made an announcement: Good evening ladies and gentlemen, This is your captain speaking. One such passenger was Charles Capewell, who scrawled "Ma. It was scrapped at Bournemouth Airport, Dorset, England, in 2009. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. Looking out the side windows of the cockpit, the crew noticed the front of the engines were glowing as if lit inside. But eventually, when the passenger oxygen masks dropped as the plane steepened its descent, the news had to be announced. Up in the cockpit, Moody and his team were working overtime. WebCaptain Moody served with British Airways for 32 years, retiring in 1996 with over 17,000 flight hours. The aircraft was taken out of service in February 2004; in 2009, the then 30-year-old aircraft was scrapped. Finding a new job with an accident on his record, however, proved difficult, and he rejoined the airline in 2010. same chemical used to bleach hair from bottles. Because volcanic ash up where we were is like talcum powder; it's that fine. "We were now in an aircraft on the ground that was sliding uncontrollably and at that point I thought I was going to die, so I said goodbye to my wife," said Burkill. You can hear more Medical Myths on Health Check on the BBC World Service. Henkey, who has been a pilot for 42 years, issued a mayday call and brought the plane to a stop. It wasnt until sometime after landing that the crew discovered volcanic ash was the cause of the engine failures. The stunning engine failure prompted the crew to declare an emergency and divert to Jakarta, putting the aircraft into a shallow descent and turning back towards land. The plane landed in Jakarta. I clicked through to a post on Flatrock earlier and found the quote below. A dry sense of perspective that probably did more to relax the passengers than thousands of words of explanation ever could have. 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. Although the airspace around Mount Galunggung was closed temporarily after the incident, it was reopened days later. In some cases the white hairs are unaffected by the condition. Many passengers, fearing for their lives, wrote notes to relatives. 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. The first sign of trouble came as the plane, which had hit cruising height, headed past Java over the south-eastern Indian Ocean. Up in the cockpit, Moody and his team were working overtime. I trust you are not in too much distress. After landing, the flight crew found it impossible to taxi, due to glare from apron floodlights which made the already sandblasted windscreen opaque. Then Capt Moody's flight engineer detailed the impact the dust was having on the aircraft itself. Born in Savannah, Ga and growing up in Hinesville, I was always close After being ferried back to London, engine number four was replaced and major work was undertaken to return the aircraft to service. Moody hadnt a clue why. Eventually, the overall effect of a combination of coloured and colourless hair, especially in people with dark hair, is grey. 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. 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. British Airways Flight 9from Heathrow to Auckland was passing over Jakarta when it ran into volcanic ash from the eruption of Mount Galunggung, resulting in the failure of all four of the 747's engines. The problem had not been spotted earlier because of an electronic fault on the aircrafts instrument panel, and the plane lost all power. With nerves of steel, the captain, Eric Moody, miraculously landed the plane. What do you do? We love you. That pleased me more than anything. 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. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. 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. Is there a physiological process through which extreme stress can cause hair to change colour this fast? The overnight cases like Marie Antoinettes are harder to explain. Moody throttled back; however, engine number two surged again and was shut down. 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. 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. Moody's announcement was actually more than that. SIMON: So when did you find out that it was - you'd run into a volcano? WebMoody was then transferred to FBI Headquarters, OC Section, Criminal Investigative Division. WebSingle Family Office. It wasn't me any more than the other two on the flight deck. All 155 passengers survived; Sullenbergers reward was a book deal with HarperCollins, and early retirement. I trust you are not in too much distress.. I trust you are not in too much distress. However, Jakarta Area Control misunderstood the message, interpreting the call as meaning that only engine number four had shut down. After leaving the ground, however, a turbine disc failure set the right engine alight and caused panic on board. 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. Perhaps the best known incident of recent times, involving the most brilliantly monikered pilot. SIMON: This was nearly three decades ago. 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. "The commander's decision to land the aircraft immediately on the runway remaining was sensible in the circumstances," anAir Accidents Investigation Branch report concluded. -3 hrs ago, What volcanic ash does to planes-13 hrs ago, Why is volcanic ash a threat to planes? We have a small problem. The plane headed back to Jakarta where it landed safely, though even then one of the engines had failed again. Moody's announcement was actually more than that. The plane was badly damaged, and stopped yard from the M11 motorway, but everyone on board survived and Hackett was praised for defying protocol. There was no book for us, he says from his home in England. 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. 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. 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]. [1] The phenomenon persisted after Moody returned from the lavatory. Yet there is something about the idea of hair changing colour through shock that is fascinating. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. The crew immediately descended and held 12,000 feet (3,700m). At around 12,000 feet, the number 4 engine restarted and Moody realised he could at least level off. McCormick managed to perform an emergency landing in Detroit with no casualties or major injuries. When I first moved to Jekyll from just up the coast my first job was as a waterski/wakeboard instructor at the now closed Ski Rixen Waterski Park where Tidelands Nature Center now resides. But quite honestly, a pilot flies his feet, and wherever he goes the rest of the airplane follows. 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. 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. 56,514 people are reading stories on the site right now. All four engines have stopped. 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. 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) 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. "; 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? Although there were guidelines for the water landing procedure, no one had ever tried it in a Boeing 747, nor has anyone since. "The whole night sky lit up. There had been no hint of trouble when flight BA 009 took off from Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia on the evening of 24 June, 1982. Our first thoughts were it was a bomb.". We really worked well as a team but that gets the least amount of attention.. This is your captain speaking. Its about this time Moody makes one of aviations most understated and famous passenger announcements: Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. WebMoody was then transferred to FBI Headquarters, OC Section, Criminal Investigative Division. What now for Paul the eight-limbed oracle? MOODY: I mean you're the first person at the scene of an accident and you're the first person to get the blame for an accident. 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 New York, New York, United States. It is thought to be caused by an auto-immune response, where the bodys defence system turns on itself. 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 They had no idea what was causing the flame-outs. 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 All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. We are all doing our damnedest to get them going again. As the flight progressed, smoke began to accumulate in the passenger cabin of the aircraft; it was first assumed to be cigarette smoke. 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. 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. One of the first signs of a problem came when smoke began to accumulate in the cabin. 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. One by one, all four of its engines failed. "For an aircraft travelling at about 125mph, that's carnage. But as they flew over Java, an engine failed. Im married to the lovely Claire Moody who is the General Manger of the Seafarer Inn and Suites on Jekyll. 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. From November, 1981, to September, 1986, he coordinated all the FBIs Labor Racketeering investigations. Fortunately, all other passengers were belted up, and the pilot - Robert Schornstheimer - managed to land 13 minutes later, avoiding further loss of life. When he opened the door to the cockpit he saw the windscreen ablaze with a St Elmo's fire - a discharge of static electricity. 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 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. Furthermore, the dust sandblasted the windscreen, making it almost impossible to see. New York, New York, United States. WebCaptain Eric Moody was later praised for a cabin announcement that was described as "a masterpiece of understatement." In his calmest pilots voice Moody made an announcement: Good evening ladies and gentlemen, This is your captain speaking. As the aircraft approached its target altitude, the St Elmo's fire effect on the windscreen returned. 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. The only way to go faster, and avoiding stalling, was to take a steeper approach. The pilot chose to continue to accelerate and performed a steep take-off, avoiding a collision by just 19 metres (62 feet). [3], At approximately 13:42 UTC (20:42 Jakarta time), engine number four began surging and soon flamed out. 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. One study showed that hair naturally greys through the same chemical used to bleach hair from bottles. 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. Despite the lack of time, Moody made an announcement to the passengers that has been described as "a masterpiece of understatement":[3]. The events around one British Airways flight in 1982 reveal the potential dangers of this sort of dust. The Boeing 747's engines caught on fire and stopped, causing the plane to go down. "Good evening ladies and gentlemen. 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. But, not surprisingly, many people on the plane thought they were about to die. Captain Eric Moody was later praised for a cabin announcement that was described as "a masterpiece of understatement.". We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. 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. Once the flight cleared the ash cloud, the crew was able to restart each engine and then make a safe landing at Anchorage.[12]. 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. While the crew on the flight deck were frantically trying to figure out the cause of this freak failure, many passengers were largely unaware that anything was wrong. "That's not unusual in high wispy cloud. In this photo taken from the view of a plane window, smoke billows out from a plane that caught fire at McCarran international airport. Moody used autopilot to glide the plane into a gentle descent. 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. WebCaptain Eric Moody was later praised for a cabin announcement that was described as "a masterpiece of understatement." And the airplane actually landed itself. The medical name for the sudden whitening of the hair is canities subita. We have a small problem. This is your captain speaking. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. 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. The airliner, flown by Captain Eric Moody, lost thrust from all four engines at 37,000ft. 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. And about 100 over the runway I sank back into the seat and said, well, that's it, lads. This is your captain speaking. Because the ash cloud was dry, it did not appear on the weather radar, which was designed to detect the moisture in clouds. Airmanship is as important as technical flying skills but harder to teach. [9] G-BDXH's engineless flight entered the Guinness Book of Records as the longest glide in a non-purpose-built aircraft. Here are five other pilots who managed remarkable emergency landings. 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). And If Id tried to do things by the book, I dont know whether wed still be here.. The BBC is not responsible or liable for any diagnosis made by a user based on the content of this site. In trouble. We did it through a very good bit of crew cooperation. We have a small problem. But as Claudia Hammond finds out, it is difficult to get to the root of the problem. He says pilots of his era expected things to go wrong and thought ahead about what they would do when that happened. We must've come out of the ash cloud. The crew worked together to create a virtual glideslope using the localiser and distance measuring equipment. There are times, he tells Flight Safety Australia, that pilots need to work outside the rules and this was one of them. Capt Moody, who had left the cockpit for a stroll, was summoned back to the flight deck. But the flight engineer summed it up at the time when he said: That was like thinking through treacle.. During the struggle, the plane was forced into a roll just before impact with the water, causing the craft to break into three pieces. With nerves of steel, the captain, Eric Moody, miraculously landed the plane. All four engines have stopped. 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. We have a small problem. 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. I trust you are not in too much distress.". Though incredibly rare, there have been a few other instances where commercial airliners have been forced to make a landing on water. We are all doing our damnedest to get them going again. The cloud sandblasted the windscreen and landing light covers and clogged the engines. It can be exacerbated by stress, which could account for the association of white hair with terrifying experiences. Hamble was strong on airmanship and those early lessons stuck with Moody throughout his career. WebCaptain Moody served with British Airways for 32 years, retiring in 1996 with over 17,000 flight hours. We got two or three thousand feet of clear air. All they knew was that the jumbo jet, which was en route to Perth from Kuala Lumpur as part of a London-Auckland trip, had become a glider. A total of 40 passengers, including 18 Leeds players, and four crew were on board theHawker Siddeley 748 as it barrelled down the runway at Stansted Airport, bound for Leeds-Bradford. This allowed the 747 to climb but Moody says there was no sense of elation. Read about our approach to external linking. 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). The flight deck door was blown off, blocking the throttle control and causing the plane to accelerate towards the ground. 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