Graham SKINNER, Cabin Services Officer, British Airways. Sullenburger guided the plane down. So now you're on an out of control bicycle, footless and hurtling downhill with no brakes. Copyright 2023. Er und seine Crew retteten durch seine Entscheidungen und sein Handeln viele Menschen. Times Syndication Service. Moody throttled back; however, engine number two surged again and was shut down. 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.. When was Eric Moody born? Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. 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. The focus of his research there was on shared interpersonal emotions and psychophysiology. In September 2009 the environmental group 10:10 bought the fuselage of City Of Edinburgh to be made into tags. 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]. City of Edinburgh, later renamed City of Elgin, continued to fly for British Airways after the incident, before being sold to European Aviation Air Charter. As the flight progressed, smoke began to accumulate in the passenger cabin of the aircraft; it was first assumed to be cigarette smoke. With no thrust they were falling and they needed to land somewhere, but in their path lay the mountains on the island of Java, they needed to be have at least 11500 feet in altitude to cross the mountain range safely, so the crew decided that, if they were not able to maintain 12000 feet by the time they got to the mountain range they'd turn around and ditch the plane in the indian ocean. [1] The phenomenon persisted after Moody returned from the lavatory. What the shit? However, Jakarta Area Control misunderstood the message, interpreting the call as meaning that only engine number four had shut down. Einer der wichtigsten Piloten aller Zeiten. 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. Shortly after 13:40 UTC (20:40 Jakarta time) above the Indian Ocean, south of Java, the crew first noticed an unusual effect on the windscreen similar to St. Elmo's fire, while Moody was heading to the lavatory. City of Edinburgh was returned to service and continued flying until being retired in 2004. Casey Planespotting: https://www.youtube.com/user/transformereviewsCharlest103 Aviation Videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/charlest103747 Picture: Richard . [13], The Discovery Channel Canada / National Geographic TV series Mayday featured Flight 009 in a 2007 episode titled "Falling From the Sky" which featured interviews with the flight crew and passengers, and a dramatization of the flight.[14]. After being ferried back to London, engine number four was replaced and major work was undertaken to return the aircraft to service. ", At this point, the falling aircraft had about 23 minutes of glide time until it hit the ocean. He wrestled the big bastard back under control, the plane finally coming to a rest with two of the three landing gear sitting in the grass off the side of the pavement. In trouble. But the instruments painted a dire picture, some of the instruments were inoperative and some were literally off the charts. In the past 40 years, several jet-powered commercial airplanes have encountered clouds of volcanic ash and suffered damage as a result. This is your captain speaking. [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. It was later determined thatthewindshieldwas completely sandblasted bythevolcanic dust. After all, Benoit Blanc cant be everywhere at once, Rich Powell penned the perfect strip on the death of Dilbert. British Airways Flight 9 was flying from London to New Zealand in 1982, and was on one of the last legs of the trip, going from Malaysia to Perth, Australia. as well as other partner offers and accept our. The crew immediately descended and held 12,000 feet (3,700 m). On approach to Jakarta, though good visibility was reported,the flight crew could barely see the airport lights. With unbelievable restraint, Captain Eric Moody addressed British Airways flight 009 as his Boeing 747 drifted inexorably down towards the Indian Ocean. On 24 June 1982, the route was flown by the City of Edinburgh, a 747-236B. The 747 had a glide ratio of 15:1. 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. He was going to have to set the plane down, which meant finding something other than a runway. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. But it developed into something more than wed ever seen before.. Mr Moody's announcement to the passengers after losing power has gone down in airline lore. The flight crew quickly determined that the aircraft was capable of gliding for 23 minutes and covering 91 nautical miles (169 km) from its flight level of 37,000 feet (11,000 m). They climbed and leveled the plane at 12,000 feet, then starting racing towards the nearest airport in Jakarta. All four engines stopped for 14 to 15 minutes while the jet was sandblasted and plunged into darkness. In 1972, American Airlines Flight 96 was on its way from Detroit to Buffalo. The aircraft was diverted to Jakarta in the hope that enough engines could be restarted to allow it to land there. Plane going down. Incident []. But not first officer roger, his mask fell apart in his hand, captain moody now had a tough decision to make. Captain Eric Moody was later praised for a cabin announcement that was described as "a masterpiece of understatement." Moody's announcement was actually more than that. Despite the weather radar showing clear skies, the crew switched on engine anti-ice and the passenger seat belt signs as a precaution. Einer der wichtigsten Piloten. Sign up for our newsletter for the latest tech news and scoops delivered daily to your inbox. 11th June, 1983. Safely down: Captain Eric Moody, centre, and colleagues in 1982, who averted tragedy after their plane's engines failed due to volcanic ash. The engines spun back to life, one by one. 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. One of the engines went down. Shortly after that, engines one and two successfully restarted as well. June 24, 2022 Aviation Airliner, Barry Townley-Freeman, Boeing 747-236B, British Airways, Captain Eric Moody, City of Edinburgh, Eric Henry John Moody, Flame Out, G-BDXG, Inflight Emergency, Inflight Engine Failure, Mount Gallanggung, Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air, Roger Greaves, Rolls-Royce RB211-524D4 . As they cruised at 37000 feet, tiny pin pricks of light popping up on the windscreen this was accompanied by acrid smoke coming in from the vents, Captain Moody was brought back to the flight deck. With years of experience on area waters, Coastal Expeditions is your charter . All four engines have stopped. I trust you are not in too much distress.". Shortly thereafter, engine three restarted, allowing him to climb slowly. Good evening ladies and gentlemen. All four engines have stopped. Captain "Sully" Sullenburger radioed traffic control and told them as much. Captain Eric Moody was later praised for a cabin announcement that was described as "a masterpiece of understatement.". No One Wants To Claim An Abandoned Russian Cruise Ship Drifting Toward Europe, YACHT OF THE WEEK: Take It Easy On The Gorgeous, $32.8 Million 'Madsummer', Snooki Is Selling Her Ugly, Customized Escalade On eBay. @EricNMoody. After falling more than 25,000 feet and preparing to ditch in the Indian Ocean, the plane's crew eventually got the engines restarted. After the aircraft was ferried back to London, engine number four was replaced and major work was undertaken to return the 747 to service. The flight crew members had boarded the aircraft at Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Kuala Lumpur and were due to pilot the 747 from the Malaysia to Perth Airport leg. [6] The crew subsequently requested and expedited an increase in altitude in order to clear the high mountains of Indonesia.[7]. "Ladies and gentlemen, this is Captain Eric Moody again. With no hydraulics, they were unable to control the speed at which the plane could land. The incident featured one of the greatest tannoy announcements by a pilot in the history of aviation. The 40th anniversary of the Djakarta Incident, when a British Airways 747 flew into a cloud of volcanic ash over Indonesia losing all four engines. . 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. Captain Eric Moody tells Nick about losing all four engines on his Boeing 747. One by one, all four of its engines failed. "[10], British Airways continued to operate the Flight 9 route from London Heathrow to Sydney; in March 2012 the route was curtailed to Bangkok. Displaying the stiff-upper-lip spirit that built an empire, he uttered the words that are every air passenger's worst nightmare: 'Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. Captain Eric Moody. 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. The crew received various awards, including the Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air for Moody,[11] and medals from the British Airline Pilots' Association. The crew noticed the front of the engines were glowing as if lit inside when they looked out the side windows of the cockpit. The passengers, including about 100 New Zealanders, remained calm, as did Captain Eric Moody, first officer Roger Greaves and engineer Barry Townley-Freeman. A similar situation also appeared in the first episode of The Centimeter of Love, a Chinese drama, produced in 2020. In front of them was the most intense display of St Elmo's fire that any of them had ever seen. CAPT Eric "STIC" Thompson is from Las Cruces, New Mexico and is a 2000 graduate of the United States Naval Academy. 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 restart attempts failed. [1] Despite the weather radar showing clear skies, the crew switched on engine anti-ice and the passenger seat belt signs as a precaution. 1,764 Following. 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]. They were out of thrust but the instruments still worked. The plane continued to lose altitude and the oxygen masks dropped in the passenger compartment. Amazingly, the plane cleared the bridge by less than 900 feet, which had to be a nice wake-up call to the drivers on the bridge who looked up to see this hulking plane suddenly blotting out the sun. The events around one British Airways Boeing 747 flight BA 009 reveal the potential dangers of this sort of dust. 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. Pilots today are trained to do what Capt Moody did if faced with that situation. 24, 1982 when flight BA 009 took off from Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, there had been no hint of trouble: in fact the weather forecast for the five-hour journey for Perth, Australia, was good and the crew were anticipating an uneventful flight. All four engines have stopped. "[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. Captain Bob Pearson, 82, and his co-pilot First Officer Maurice Quintal, who has since passed away . A dry sense of perspective that probably did more to relax the passengers than thousands of words of explanation ever could have. Why did the weather radar not detect the ash cloud?? It was only after a nearby Garuda Indonesia flight relayed the message to Air Traffic Control that it was correctly understood. Passengers witnessed first hand the engines going up in flames and smoke and proceeded to scribble goodbye notes to relatives. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. 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. By the time he did, the plane had tipped up on its side, and was falling fast. We have a small problem. 24 June 1982: British Airways Flight 9, a Boeing 747-236B, G-BDXH, City of Edinburgh, enroute from London, England, to Aukland, New Zealand, was cruising at 37,000 feet (11,278 meters) with 248 passengers and 15 crewmembers on board. On the way, the engines started clicking off again. City of Edinburgh, later renamed City of Elgin, continued to fly for British Airways after the accident, before being sold to European Aviation Air Charter. In trouble. Sullenburger was the last one off. GEOL 1408 Assignment 2: Due Tuesday, 2/20/18 Down to a Sunless Sea: The anatomy of an incident WORK INDEPENDANTLY!!!! On the 24th of june 1982, it was a pitch black night and a british airways 747 streaked above the indonesian islands, it was on its way from kuala lumpur to perth australia, perth was just a stop over its ultimate destination was auckland in new zealand, this leg of the flight was captained by Eric moody, his team consisted of first officer Roger greaves and flight engineer barry townley freeman. Hero airline captain Eric Moody knows exactly how terrifying it is to fly a passenger jet into a cloud of volcanic ash. Following the incident, the crew and passengers formed the Galunggung Gliding Club as a means to keep in contact. All four engines have stopped. 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. Many passengers, fearing for their lives, wrote notes to relatives. As pressure within the cabin fell, oxygen masks dropped from the ceiling an automatic emergency measure to make up for the lack of air. Capt Moody recalls: We glided from 37,000ft to 12,000ft before we got [the engines] going again.. The crew frantically tried to restart the engines in mid-air. June 24, 2022 Aviation Airliner, Barry Townley-Freeman, Boeing 747-236B, British Airways, Captain Eric Moody, City of Edinburgh, Eric Henry John Moody, Flame Out, G-BDXG, Inflight Emergency, Inflight Engine Failure, Mount Gallanggung, Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air, Roger Greaves, Rolls-Royce RB211-524D4 . Less than a minute later, at 13:43 UTC (20:43 Jakarta time), engine two surged and flamed out. Interview With Eric Moody. His personal awards include the Meritorious Service Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, three Strike Flight Air Medals, three . As the ash entered the engines, it melted in the combustion chambers and adhered to the inside of the power-plant. Eric Moody was the pilot aboard a British Airways flight that managed, barely, to fly through volcanic ash thrown up by Mount Galunggung in Indonesia in 1982. With shit officially getting real and the plane breaking up from the inside out, McCormick attempted a landing. 1. Something went wrong, please try again later. One of the passengers, Betty Tootell, wrote a book about the accident, All Four Engines Have Failed, having managed to trace some 200 of the 247 passengers on the flight. [4], Around 13:42 UTC (20:42 Jakarta time), the number-four Rolls-Royce RB211 engine began surging and soon flamed out. Sign up for notifications from Insider! It was on the 24th of June 1982 that a 747-200, British Airways flight BA009, better known as Speedbird Nine, became a glider over Jakarta. We have a small problem. Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you're on the go. All four engines have stopped. The event was also remembered for the announcement made by the airliner's remarkably calm captain, Eric Moody. As the ash entered the engines, it melted in the combustion chambers and adhered to the inside of the power plant. Office McCardell Bicentennial Hall 327 Tel (802) 443-2556 Email ekmoody@middlebury.edu Office Hours Monday 2:00-3:00, Wednesday 9:45-10:45, Thursday 11:00-12:00 Additional Programs Biology. With nerves of steel, the captain, Eric Moody, miraculously landed the plane. 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). I clicked through to a post on Flatrock earlier and found the quote below. On the flight deck, however, Greaves's mask was broken; the delivery tube had detached from the rest of the mask. And here's where one Mr. Alastair Atchison stepped up to the goddamned plate. The chilling address delivered calmly by Capt. [3], At approximately 13:42 UTC (20:42 Jakarta time), engine number four began surging and soon flamed out. Roger the first officer looked over and saw that the number 4 engine was lit from within. It took a second for the situation to sink in, the flight engineer said four engines do not fail, A quadruple engine failure was almost unheard of. Postflight 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. The flight crew members had boarded the aircraft at Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Kuala Lumpur and were due to pilot the 747 from the Malaysia to Perth Airport leg. This episode was repeated a number of times when the Eyjafjallajkull volcano caused a large-scale shutdown of European airspace. 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. Captain Moody and Senior Cabin Services Officer Graham Skinner were awarded the Queens Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air. Dr. Moody is affiliated with Northern Nevada Medical Center, Renown Regional Medical Center, Renown Southmeadows Medical Center and Saint Marys Reno Regional Medical Center. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. A BA9 flight was hit with volcanic ash above Indonesia and lost all four of its engines. Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. Either McCormick and his crew are damned good, or they're so lucky they shit rainbows. He noticed puffs of smoke billowing from the vents in the floor and detected an acrid smell as he climbed the stairs of the Jumbo. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. In 37 short, direct, and simple words, Captain Moody conveyed the following: "Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. 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. 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. Although the airspace around Mount Galunggung was closed temporarily after the accident, it was reopened days later. The cloud sandblasted the windscreen and landing light covers and clogged the engines. [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. 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. The crew decided to fly the instrument landing system, but the vertical guidance system was inoperative, so they were forced to fly with only the lateral guidance as the first officer monitored the airport's distance-measuring equipment (DME). Captain Eric Moody Several respondants used the example of a near-disaster in 1982. Captain Eric Moody made the following announcement to the passengers: Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. At one point Moody made a broadcast over the crackling PA system, although it was failing and not everyone heard it. 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. Plane going down. Racing The Storm (AAL 1420) Michael Origel (First Officer) Recovered from his injuries, continues to fly for American Airlines to this day, and later started his own aviation consultation firm. In this case, all they had was the Hudson River. 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. I trust you are not in too much distress.[4][5][6]. Captain Eric and his TEAM LOBO crew, no matter if you are a novice or expert angler, guarantees you a great time on your Naples FL Fishing excursion. 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. It was at this moment the Captain, Eric Moody, announced over the intercom "Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. In 1989, United Flight 232 took off from Denver for Chicago. 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). It is the opposite of embellishment or exaggeration, and is used for emphasis, irony, hedging, or humor.A particular form of understatement using negative syntax is called litotes.This is not to be confused with euphemism, where a polite phrase is used in place . Moody swiftly decided to descend at 1,800 m per minute to an altitude where there was enough pressure in the outside atmosphere to breathe almost normally. All four engines have stopped. In 1985, Chinese Airlines Flight 006 was flying from Taiwan to Los Angeles when an engine went out on the side of the plane. It was, in Moody's words, "a bit like negotiating one's way up a badger's arse. We have a small problem. 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. 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. 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. Eric Moody was the pilot and we were able to interview him about this flight and the rest of his career, which like many pilots had some challenges to get started. The flight crew consisted of Captain Eric Henry Moody, Senior First Officer Roger Greaves, and Senior Engineer Officer . The plane bounced violently and the tail section snapped off. I trust you are not in too much distress. He believes the authorities were right to close our skies. An emergency landing alert was quickly issued to the plane at the Sioux City airport in Iowa. The airliner, flown by Captain Eric Moody, lost thrust from all four engines at 37,000ft. Before leaving the flight deck, Captain Eric Moody checked the weather radar. Pilot Alfred Haynes began to pull the throttle to idle, but there was another problem -- the damage to the plane had the throttle stuck on full power. 09 Nov 2017 at 5:00pm. Thats not unusual in high wispy cloud. 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). 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. ; Briefly Right-hander Eric Moody signed a one-year contract yesterday. All four of the jumbo's engines failed for almost 15 minutes. Where was Eric Moody born? The cloud sandblasted the windscreen and landing light covers and clogged the engines. Because the ash cloud was dry, it did not appear on the weather radar, which was designed to detect the moisture in clouds. . 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). Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air, National Museum of the United States Air Force, Test & Research Pilots, Flight Test Engineers, National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Heard by few, it said: "Ladies and gentlemen. British Airways Boeing 747 flight BA 009, flown by Captain Eric Moody, lost thrust from all four engines at 37,000ft. ; The Phillies tied it at 4 in the ninth on a sacrifice fly by Tomas Perez off Eric Moody. At 13,500 feet (4,100m), the crew was approaching the altitude at which they would have to turn over the ocean and attempt a risky ditching. Eric Moody was in command of British Airways Flight 9, a Boeing . He was drafted by the Rangers in the 24th round of the 1993 amateur draft. After the flight engineer tried and failed to revive the engine, the autopilot kicked in and tilted the plane 23 degrees to compensate for engine loss. He decided to turn around and go back to Detroit -- which, to be honest, is probably the only good reason to ever go back to Detroit. 161 likes. The airplane went through it with no problem at first. 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. A dry sense of perspective that probably did more to relax the passengers than thousands of words of explanation ever could have. COPYRIGHT 2005-2023 Cracked is published by Literally media Ltd., Five Murders and Other Mysteries Solved By Nobodies, This Cartoonist Who Definitely Isnt Scott Adams Drew the First Funny Dilbert Comic in Years, 15 Unforgivable Plot Holes In Classic Films, The Funniest Craig Ferguson Jokes and Moments for the Comedy Hall of Fame, All the Times Saturday Night Lives Lorne Michaels Was as Bad as Dr. Sorry. Moody's announcement was actually more than that. All four engines have stopped. The dust in the cloud deprived the engines of sufficient oxygen from the atmosphere to maintain combustion, sandblasted the windscreen and landing-light covers, and clogged the engines. 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