MOODY: Well, it was sheer bloody-mindedness and persistence. 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. This explanation might well account for cases like that of Captain Moody. And then another and another. Moody throttled back; however, engine number two surged again and was shut down. Check out her hotel! 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. Finding a new job with an accident on his record, however, proved difficult, and he rejoined the airline in 2010. The captain, Eric Moody, tried to reassure passengers with the following statement: "Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. The plane returned to Detroit, and - despite being forced to land dangerously fast - McCormick touched down safely. SIMON: They are several hundred people that I bet feel they owe their lives to you and your crew. We have a small problem. I trust you are not in too much distress.. One study showed that hair naturally greys through the same chemical used to bleach hair from bottles. 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. By that time, the jet had been gliding for 13 minutes without engines with the crew working hard to restart them. The BBC is not responsible or liable for any diagnosis made by a user based on the content of this site. 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. The events around one British Airways flight in 1982 reveal the potential dangers of this sort of dust. The airliner, flown by Captain Eric Moody, lost thrust from all four engines at 37,000ft. 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 restaurants actually worth dining at near 11 of Europe's biggest tourist traps, Sully,a veteran pilot with 19,663 hours of flying experience, revealed to Telegraph Travel last year, this Cathay Pacific service from Surabaya Juanda International Airport, This is precisely what happened to one Flybe captain. "We were heading straight for the buildings around Hatton Cross Tube station," Burkill recalled. 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. We have a small problem. Luckily, Captain Bob Pearson was an experienced glider pilot, guiding the 767 to RCAF Station Gimli. 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. The subsequent explosive decompression saw part of the floor at the rear of the cabin give way, severing a control cable and disabling one of the engines. We have a small problem. It was a masterpiece, period. 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. Then theres a more recent case study of a 54-year-old woman in Switzerland who had a small patch of hair loss. 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. We have a small problem. Many passengers, fearing for their lives, wrote notes to relatives. 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. After landing, the flight crew found it impossible to taxi, due to glare from apron floodlights which made the already sandblasted windscreen opaque. Moody's announcement was actually more than that. I trust you are not in too much distress. We have a small problem. WebCaptain Eric Moody was later praised for a cabin announcement that was described as "a masterpiece of understatement." Passengers reportedly scribbled notes to loved ones (one, by Charles Capewell, read: "Ma. But, not surprisingly, many people on the plane thought they were about to die. Effective date of retirement is no later than August 1, 2022. Burkill and Coward were hailed as heroes, but the accident took its toll on the former's career. 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. There's no airborne ash detector that's marketed. Heading for Perth, Australia, the weather forecast for the five-hour journey was good and the crew were anticipating an uneventful flight. 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. A dry sense of perspective that probably did more to relax the passengers than thousands of words of explanation ever could have. It wasn't me any more than the other two on the flight deck. Out of the 175 people on board, 125 died in the accident. All 155 passengers survived; Sullenbergers reward was a book deal with HarperCollins, and early retirement. Sign up for our newsletter for the latest tech news and scoops delivered daily to your inbox. From November, 1981, to September, 1986, he coordinated all the FBIs Labor Racketeering investigations. But as Claudia Hammond finds out, it is difficult to get to the root of the problem. Despite the lack of time, Moody made an announcement to the passengers that has been described as "a masterpiece of understatement":[3]. There was a scientist who afterwards, called Fred Prata - P-R-A-T-A - and he developed a volcanic ash detector. 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. The crew worked together to create a virtual glideslope using the localiser and distance measuring equipment. Officers selected for but not promoted to the next higher grade must specifically decline promotion in their retirement in lieu of orders (RILO) request. What do you do? The idea proposed from studies in mice is that melanin-making cells produce hydrogen peroxide, which is normally broken down by an enzyme called catalase. A condition called alopecia ariata causes the hair shed suddenly, resulting in bald patches. Fortunately the incident ended happily, with the 46-year-old landing safely. Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. The plane landed in Jakarta. Burkill took the instinctive decision to bring in the aircraft's flaps in a last-ditch attempt to reduce drag and give the plane a chance of clearing Hatton Cross. 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]. The events around one British Airways flight in 1982 reveal the potential dangers of this sort of dust. Dec 2021 - Present1 year 2 months. I don't - I'm not that demonstrative, no. 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. Gliding as low as 12,000 feet, they turned back towards Indonesia. But eventually, when the passenger oxygen masks dropped as the plane steepened its descent, the news had to be announced. Eventually, the engines came back to life after the molten ash that clogged the engines solidified and broke off. He just wanted to get the plane on the ground. 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 The plane had flown into a cloud of dust spewed out by an eruption of Mount Galunggung, 110 miles south east of Jakarta. 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. Coastal Expeditions Charter Fishing and Dolphin Cruises. The reason for the failure was not immediately apparent to the crew or ground control. 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. All four engines have stopped. When he opened the door to the cockpit he saw the windscreen ablaze with a St Elmo's fire - a discharge of static electricity. Up in the cockpit, Moody and his team were working overtime. We were down at 12,000 feet then. Shortly after that, engines one and two successfully restarted as well. 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. Despite his composure during the accident, Sully,a veteran pilot with 19,663 hours of flying experience, revealed to Telegraph Travel last year that he had received minimal training for a water landing (or ditching). Moody hadnt a clue why. 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 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. Moody and his crew began trying to restart the engines, even though the number 4 engine was technically not allowed. We have a small problem. On the flight deck, however, Greaves's mask was broken; the delivery tube had detached from the rest of the mask. "Not a day goes by without it crossing my mind," he told the BBC last year. "Good evening ladies and gentlemen. The cloud sandblasted the windscreen and landing light covers and clogged the engines. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. Copyright Civil Aviation Safety Authority Australia, Captain Moodys wisdom: the aeroplane might break any minute. There are times, he tells Flight Safety Australia, that pilots need to work outside the rules and this was one of them. -3 hrs ago, What volcanic ash does to planes-13 hrs ago, Why is volcanic ash a threat to planes? 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. Sorry. There were 152 people on board and we were all going to die.". The best explanation for it is not that the hair changes colour, but that the pigmented hairs fall out. 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. All four engines have stopped. The Miracle on the Hudson was hailed as the most successful ditching in aviation history by the NTSB. Captain Moody is not alone. The airliner, flown by Captain Eric Moody, lost thrust from all four engines at 37,000ft. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. 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. This allowed the 747 to climb but Moody says there was no sense of elation. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. I trust you are not in too much distress. SIMON: So when did you find out that it was - you'd run into a volcano? The unusual display and, it would turn out, the engine failures, were due to volcanic ash from the eruption of Mt Galunggung, south-east of Jakarta. We have a small problem. 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. 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. Eventually, after quarter of an hour without any power, the engines were brought back to life. We did things that were outside the book. "; 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? 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). Im 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. 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. A China Eastern Airlines pilot was labelled a hero in 2016, and presented with a cash reward, after his quick thinking avoided a runway collision that could have killed up to 439 people. But that was the least of my worries, I have to say. And I hand flew the airplane down. Moody decides on an emergency descent rather than lose a valuable crew member but Greaves manages to fix the mask and the crew reduces the descent rate as it passes through 20,000 feet. They had no idea what was causing the flame-outs. Moody displaying the cool-headed nature required of a pilot made the following announcement to his passengers: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. 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. And then 30 seconds later the other two started up. Moody used autopilot to glide the plane into a gentle descent. Moody hadnt a clue why. WebMoody was then transferred to FBI Headquarters, OC Section, Criminal Investigative Division. 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. WebMoody was then transferred to FBI Headquarters, OC Section, Criminal Investigative Division. As his aircraft was accelerating down the runway, however, a second China Eastern Airlines plane - an Airbus A330-300 arriving from Beijing - entered its path. All four engines have stopped. [1] The phenomenon persisted after Moody returned from the lavatory. The crew immediately descended and held 12,000 feet (3,700m). The flight crew immediately performed the engine shutdown drill, quickly cutting off fuel supply and arming the fire extinguishers. Airports are being closed across the UK after dust which spewed from a volcano in Iceland, began drifting southwards. Although there were guidelines for the water landing procedure, no one had ever tried it in a Boeing 747, nor has anyone since. The captain of this Qantas flight - Richard Champion de Crespigny- was also given a Polaris Award. All four engines on a Boeing 747 failed at 37,000ft after the plane flew through volcanic ash while passing over Jakarta on 24 June 1982. It was two days before investigators confirmed that volcanic ash had been responsible for the near disaster. The second engine failed 30 seconds later and the other two shortly afterwards. But quite honestly, a pilot flies his feet, and wherever he goes the rest of the airplane follows. "The commander's decision to land the aircraft immediately on the runway remaining was sensible in the circumstances," anAir Accidents Investigation Branch report concluded. Its a common tale, even said to have happened to Marie Antoinette. Captain Chris Henkey and the crew of the Boeing 777-200 bound for Londons Gatwick airport from Las Vegas had to abandon the takeoff partway down the runway when one of the two engines caught fire. We have a small problem. All rights reserved. We had a really good team there when it came to experience and airmanship, he says of BA9. 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. "We glided from 37,000ft to 12,000ft before we got [the engines] going again," recalls Capt Moody. The City of Edinburgh had been cruising at 37,000 feet over the ocean on a June night w I trust you are not in too much distress.". Our first thoughts were it was a bomb.". Officers selected for but not promoted to the next higher grade must specifically decline promotion in their retirement in lieu of orders (RILO) request. 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. He obtained his private pilot licence at 17 flying Hornet Moths, Tiger Moths and Chipmunks and from there it was off to the BOAC training college at Hamble. Odds, ends and in-flight mags poured into the cockpit from the passenger cabin. I trust you are not in too much distress. The incident featured in an episode of the Mayday documentary TV series Air Crash Investigation titled "Falling From the Sky". This episode was repeated a number of times when the Eyjafjallajkull volcano caused a large-scale shutdown of European airspace. "[10], British Airways continued to operate the Flight 9 route from London Heathrow to Sydney; in March 2012 the route was curtailed to Bangkok. 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. We got two or three thousand feet of clear air. The findings were eventually incorporated into a report on the dangers of volcanic ash to aircraft. WebCaptain Moody served with British Airways for 32 years, retiring in 1996 with over 17,000 flight hours. There was no book for us, he says from his home in England. They outlined a mechanism through which a hallmark of chronic stress causes DNA damage in mice that could lead to conditions like greying hair. [3], At approximately 13:42 UTC (20:42 Jakarta time), engine number four began surging and soon flamed out. Aviation safety advances helped stave off BA plane fire disaster, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. 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. 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. We have a small problem. WebSingle Family Office. Always consult your own GP if you're in any way concerned about your health. A plume of volcanic ash from Iceland has led to flights across the UK being grounded. Although I was actually flying - hand flying the airplane. But it developed into something more than we'd ever seen before.". The plane headed back to Jakarta where it landed safely, though even then one of the engines had failed again. After falling more than 25,000 feet and preparing to ditch in the Indian Ocean, the plane's crew eventually got the engines restarted. In September 2009 the environmental group 10:10 bought the fuselage of City Of Edinburgh to be made into tags. Copyright 2010 NPR. We have a small problem. 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. WebCaptain Moody served with British Airways for 32 years, retiring in 1996 with over 17,000 flight hours. New York, New York, United States. The process behind this is not well understood. WebSingle Family Office. It was scrapped at Bournemouth Airport, Dorset, England, in 2009. The crew received various awards, including the Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air and medals from the British Air Line Pilots Association. However, it soon began to grow thicker and had an ominous odour of sulphur. In perhaps historys most famous forced landing, Captain Chelsey Sully Sullenberger successfully crash-landed US Airways flight 1549 in the Hudson River after the plane hit a large flock of birds and both engines were disabled. The problem had not been spotted earlier because of an electronic fault on the aircrafts instrument panel, and the plane lost all power. Part of the floor at the rear gave way, severing a control cable and disabling an engine. A close examination of the plane revealed the damage a plume of these tiny particles can do to an engine - the tips of the turbine blades had been ground away. The aircraft was taken out of service in February 2004; in 2009, the then 30-year-old aircraft was scrapped. After being ferried back to London, engine number four was replaced and major work was undertaken to return the aircraft to service. We just kept trying. It was scrapped at Bournemouth Airport, Dorset, England, in 2009. Pilots Malcolm Waters and David Hayhoe were given the Polaris Award - from the International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Associations - for their heroism. 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) They had no idea what was causing the flame-outs. American Airlines Flight 96 from LA to New York ran into trouble soon after a stopover in Detroit, when the rear cargo door suddenly broke off. Hair gets its colour from two types of melanin pigment eumelanin which dictates how dark the hair is, and pheomelanin which determines how red or yellow it is. In his calmest pilots voice Moody made an announcement: Good evening ladies and gentlemen, This is your captain speaking. The flight deck door was blown off, blocking the throttle control and causing the plane to accelerate towards the ground. 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]. Although the airspace around Mount Galunggung was closed temporarily after the incident, it was reopened days later. "For an aircraft travelling at about 125mph, that's carnage. With insufficient oxygen masks for those on board, co-pilot Alastair Atchison, who was also helping hold Lancaster inside the aircraft, made a rapid emergency descent and searched for the nearest airport. Say goodbye to worktime boredom. I trust you are not in too much distress.". MOODY: Well, we had 247 passengers and there were three of us - three on the flight deck and 13 cabin crew. The medical name for the sudden whitening of the hair is canities subita. Moody displaying the cool-headed nature required of a pilot made the following announcement to his passengers: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. We have a small problem. 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 aircraft flew into a cloud of volcanic ash thrown up by the eruption of Mount Galunggung (approximately 180 kilometres (110mi) south-east of Jakarta, Indonesia), resulting in the failure of all four engines. 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. But within six months of the incident he noticed that the tip of his quiff had turned white. Shortly thereafter, engine three restarted, allowing him to climb slowly. 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). 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. We are all doing our damnedest to get them going again. 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. Despite the crew "squawking" the emergency transponder setting of 7700, the aeroplane could not be located by Air Traffic Control on their radar screens. 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. Sullenberger, now retired, speaks internationally on airline safety. 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