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. 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. Moody displaying the cool-headed nature required of a pilot made the following announcement to his passengers: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Looking out the side windows of the cockpit, the crew noticed the front of the engines were glowing as if lit inside. The same thing is said to have happened to several historical figures, but in a far shorter time frame. Though incredibly rare, there have been a few other instances where commercial airliners have been forced to make a landing on water. 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. 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. [1] The phenomenon persisted after Moody returned from the lavatory. A feature film starring Tom Hanks followed. "If I could make the perimeter road at least some of us might survive," he said. 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). 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. After being assessed for post-traumatic stress disorder, Burkill returned to the cockpit five months later. Moody, first officer Roger Greaves and flight engineer Barry Townley-Freeman had no idea what had caused the unprecedented and statistically improbable multiple failure. The second engine failed 30 seconds later and the other two shortly afterwards. Finding a new job with an accident on his record, however, proved difficult, and he rejoined the airline in 2010. Chesley Sullenberger III, at the helm of US Airways Flight 1549, managed to land safely on the Hudson River after a flock of Canada geese disabled both the aircrafts engines just 2,818 feet above the ground. 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. US Airways Captain Chesley B Sully Sullenberger. One such passenger was Charles Capewell, who scrawled "Ma. In 1996, a hijacked Ethiopian Airlines flight crashed into the ocean near the Comoros Islands after running out of fuel. If you would like to comment on this article or anything else you have seen on Future, head over to our Facebook page or message us on Twitter. The plane landed safety in Jakarta despite the almost total lack of visibility. All four engines have stopped. 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. And thats something thats not changed at all. "Engine failure number four engine failure number two," he said. It was only after a nearby Garuda Indonesia flight relayed the message to Air Traffic Control that it was correctly understood. "It was, yeah, a little bit frightening.". The crew immediately descended and held 12,000 feet (3,700m). In 1982, a pilot called Captain Eric Moody was all ready for quiet overnight flight from Kuala Lumpur to Perth. The problem had not been spotted earlier because of an electronic fault on the aircrafts instrument panel, and the plane lost all power. The English lawyer Sir Thomas More, who was later canonised, was executed in the Tower of London in 1535, and again his hair was reported to have turned white before his death. Luckily, at around 13,500 feet, and with a ditching in the ocean on the cards, the engines restarted successfully. It was, in Moody's words, "a bit like negotiating one's way up abadger's arse.". But that was the least of my worries, I have to say. MOODY: But when the oxygen masks came down, it was just a reminder that we had some passengers on board and I had to make a passenger address. 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. In this photo taken from the view of a plane window, smoke billows out from a plane that caught fire at McCarran international airport. It was, says Moody, a classic case of airmanship and cooperation between the flight crew. All four engines have stopped. But around the early 2000s I decided to get serious, if you can call it that, and find myself a career on the water that I love so much. But as they flew over Java, an engine failed. 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. In his calmest pilots voice Moody made an announcement: Good evening ladies and gentlemen, This is your captain speaking. 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. After landing, the flight crew found it impossible to taxi, due to glare from apron floodlights which made the already sandblasted windscreen opaque. Eventually, after quarter of an hour without any power, the engines were brought back to life. They had no idea what was causing the flame-outs. All rights reserved. And quite honestly, it would probably be too heavy to make commercial sense. 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. In trouble. Gliding as low as 12,000 feet, they turned back towards Indonesia. 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. Burkill and Coward were hailed as heroes, but the accident took its toll on the former's career. They had no idea what was causing the flame-outs. The City of Edinburgh had been cruising at 37,000 feet over the ocean on a June night w The aircraft was taken out of service in February 2004; in 2009, the then 30-year-old aircraft was scrapped. 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. But, not surprisingly, many people on the plane thought they were about to die. We have a small problem. an industry where women are still an extreme minority, part of the planes windshield came loose. This is your captain speaking. SIMON: This was nearly three decades ago. 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). Pa XXX"), while Moody calculated how far the plane might be able to glide before reaching sea level (91 miles he deduced, from its flight level of 37,000 feet). 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 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 are doing our damnedest to get them going again. Moody displaying the cool-headed nature required of a pilot made the following announcement to his passengers: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Or perhaps the immune response might target the pigment-producing system, which would explain why those no follicles no longer producing coloured hair are unaffected. From November, 1981, to September, 1986, he coordinated all the FBIs Labor Racketeering investigations. Captain Moody is not alone. New York, New York, United States. Now nicknamed the Gimli Glider, Air Canada flight 143 was flying from Montreal to Edmonton on 23 July 1983, when the plane ran out of fuel at 41,000ft. 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. Despite the crew "squawking" the emergency transponder setting of 7700, the aeroplane could not be located by Air Traffic Control on their radar screens. This allowed the 747 to climb but Moody says there was no sense of elation. We have a small problem. In 1988, a 737, flown by Aloha Airlines with 90 people on board was en route to Honolulu, cruising at an altitude of 24,000 feet, when a small section of the roof ruptured. WebCaptain Eric Moody was later praised for a cabin announcement that was described as "a masterpiece of understatement." 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. Its just one of those things that you gain or you learn from other people and experience.. They had no idea what was causing the flame-outs. 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. 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 incident featured in an episode of the Mayday documentary TV series Air Crash Investigation titled "Falling From the Sky". Our first thoughts were it was a bomb.". So a severe shock could trigger hair loss, but with only the coloured hairs falling out, leaving someone who already has some grey with a whole head of white hair. The great rewilding debate should we be returning eagles and wolves to our national parks? This is precisely what happened to one Flybe captain in 2014. The captain, Eric Moody, tried to reassure passengers with the following statement: "Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. 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 This is your captain speaking. "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. The overnight cases like Marie Antoinettes are harder to explain. WebCaptain Moody served with British Airways for 32 years, retiring in 1996 with over 17,000 flight hours. 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. Its where you come from.. Minutes later there were no working engines left. The plane returned to Detroit, and - despite being forced to land dangerously fast - McCormick touched down safely. In 1982, a British Airways 747 flew into a cloud of volcanic ash near Indonesia. But quite honestly, a pilot flies his feet, and wherever he goes the rest of the airplane follows. 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. 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]. He strongly believes pilots should learn to think beyond the process of following checklists and procedures by rote. 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. We are all doing our damnedest to get them going again. "Good evening ladies and gentlemen. "For an aircraft travelling at about 125mph, that's carnage. 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. Will do best for boys. We have a small problem. Then Capt Moody's flight engineer detailed the impact the dust was having on the aircraft itself. At around 12,000 feet, the number 4 engine restarted and Moody realised he could at least level off. Plane going down. I trust you are not in too much distress.". Less than a minute later, at 13:43 UTC (20:43 Jakarta time), engine two surged and flamed out. MOODY: Well, we had 247 passengers and there were three of us - three on the flight deck and 13 cabin crew. We have a small problem. The captain, Eric Moody, tried to reassure passengers with the following statement: "Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. And I found that difficult because the internal telephone system wasn't working. We love you. One study showed that hair naturally greys through the same chemical used to bleach hair from bottles. 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. Say goodbye to worktime boredom. And If Id tried to do things by the book, I dont know whether wed still be here.. I trust you are not in too much distress.. Captain Eric Moody gave an interview to the July 2010 edition of Flaps Podcast, where he recounted his experience. Captain Eric Moody was later praised for a cabin announcement that was described as "a masterpiece of understatement.". WebCaptain Moody served with British Airways for 32 years, retiring in 1996 with over 17,000 flight hours. We have a small problem. 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 The plane was a write-off - the nose gear collapsed, the right main gear separated from the aircraft, penetrating a fuel tank, and the left main gear was pushed up through the wing - but just one passenger had suffered a serious injury by the time it came to a halt beside the threshold markings at the start of the runway. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. All four engines have stopped. And the airplane actually landed itself. This is your captain speaking. I trust you are not in too much distress. 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. WebSingle Family Office. 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 10 years ago it had a very close call. Maybe its the idea that the body reveals more than we think, that underneath the impressive calmness which allowed Captain Moody to save the lives of 247 passengers, his body was telling a different story. Up in the cockpit, Moody and his team were working overtime. Little has changed since our flight. 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. So Fred developed this but he couldn't find anybody to put it into production. Reports suggested there were a total of 413 passengers and 26 crew on board the two planes. 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. 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. In trouble. In some cases the white hairs are unaffected by the condition. 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. The events around one British Airways flight in 1982 reveal the potential dangers of this sort of dust. MOODY: No, they're not. Eventually, the overall effect of a combination of coloured and colourless hair, especially in people with dark hair, is grey. Because volcanic ash up where we were is like talcum powder; it's that fine. We love you. We owe it to all who fly to act on what we have learned and not just let important recommendations gather dust on a shelf., He added: I am still very glad that we were able to save every life in such a sudden and intense crisis for which we had never been specifically trained.. WebCaptain Eric Moody was later praised for a cabin announcement that was described as "a masterpiece of understatement." However, production of the enzyme drops as we age, and the build-up of hydrogen peroxide blocks melanin production. Shortly before touchdown, "his prosthetic limb became detached from the yoke clamp, depriving him of control of the aircraft," said an Air Accidents Investigation Branch report. We are all doing our damnedest to get them going again. After leaving the ground, however, a turbine disc failure set the right engine alight and caused panic on board. An investigation found that air traffic control was to blame, and while Mr He was rewarded for his actions with a cash bonus equivalent to around 360,000, two air traffic controllers had their licenses revoked. [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. That changed 5 years later when he visited BOAC flying boat captains with his father and heard the stories about their lives. Although I was actually flying - hand flying the airplane. When he opened the door to the cockpit he saw the windscreen ablaze with a St Elmo's fire - a discharge of static electricity. And about 100 over the runway I sank back into the seat and said, well, that's it, lads. 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. It was scrapped at Bournemouth Airport, Dorset, England, in 2009. 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. Will do best for boys. 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. A few minutes later number four engine sputtered to a halt, followed by two, then three and one. "We were about to stall and fall out of the sky," said Captain Peter Burkill in an interview two years later. And I hand flew the airplane down. Landing in gusty conditions is a minor inconvenience for any pilot. Officers selected for but not promoted to the next higher grade must specifically decline promotion in their retirement in lieu of orders (RILO) request. We got two or three thousand feet of clear air. Furthermore, the dust sandblasted the windscreen, making it almost impossible to see. I think airmanship is at the bottom of it all. 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. The plane had flown into a cloud of dust spewed out by an eruption of Mount Galunggung, 110 miles south east of Jakarta. -3 hrs ago, What volcanic ash does to planes-13 hrs ago, Why is volcanic ash a threat to planes? 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. After being ferried back to London, engine number four was replaced and major work was undertaken to return the aircraft to service. Officers selected for but not promoted to the next higher grade must specifically decline promotion in their retirement in lieu of orders (RILO) request. With nerves of steel, the captain, Eric Moody, miraculously landed the plane. A flight attendant grabbed Lancaster to keep him from flying away. Once the flight cleared the ash cloud, the crew was able to restart each engine and then make a safe landing at Anchorage.[12]. Luckily, Captain Bob Pearson was an experienced glider pilot, guiding the 767 to RCAF Station Gimli. Moody's announcement was actually more than that. We could find the centreline of the runway but I had no glideslope, he said. All four engines have stopped. As we age, the cells in hair follicles stop producing these pigments and the resulting hairs are colourless. Effective date of retirement is no later than August 1, 2022. SIMON: So your plane's going down. This is your captain speaking. 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. SIMON: They are several hundred people that I bet feel they owe their lives to you and your crew. According to Chinese media, the pilot, named He Chao, was at the helm of an Airbus A320-200, preparing to take off from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport. On 24 June 1982, the route was flown by the City of Edinburgh, a 747-236B. There's no airborne ash detector that's marketed. The only way to go faster, and avoiding stalling, was to take a steeper approach. 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 [3], At approximately 13:42 UTC (20:42 Jakarta time), engine number four began surging and soon flamed out. 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). The captain, Eric Moody, tried to reassure passengers with the following statement: "Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. I trust you are not in too much distress.". Reflecting on the chilling events of that flight 28 years later, Capt Moody, who lives in Camberley in Surrey, shows the sort of understatement characteristic of those in his profession. 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. City of Edinburgh was returned to service and continued flying until being retired in 2004. The reason for the failure was not immediately apparent to the crew or ground control. I trust you are not in too much distress. 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. [6] The crew subsequently requested and expedited an increase in altitude in order to clear the high mountains of Indonesia.[7]. The Boeing 747's engines caught on fire and stopped, causing the plane to go down. Copyright 2010 NPR. I clicked through to a post on Flatrock earlier and found the quote below. After a British Airways plane caught fire on the runway in Las Vegas, Chris Henkey joined the illustrious ranks of Sully Sullenberger and a host of others. "Not a day goes by without it crossing my mind," he told the BBC last year. Moody hadnt a clue why. I trust you are not in too much distress. Despite the weather radar showing clear skies, the crew switched on engine anti-ice and the passenger seat belt signs as a precaution. 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