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 1982, a British Airways 747 flew into a cloud of volcanic ash near Indonesia. We did it through a very good bit of crew cooperation. 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. 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. 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. 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. [3], At approximately 13:42 UTC (20:42 Jakarta time), engine number four began surging and soon flamed out. After falling more than 25,000 feet and preparing to ditch in the Indian Ocean, the plane's crew eventually got the engines restarted. SIMON: Are airliners better equipped to handle a volcano? It was, in Moody's words, "a bit like negotiating one's way up a badger's arse. Effective date of retirement is no later than August 1, 2022. The events around one British Airways flight in 1982 reveal the potential dangers of this sort of dust. "For an aircraft travelling at about 125mph, that's carnage. I trust you are not in too much distress.". We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. 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 by one, all four of its engines failed. -3 hrs ago, What volcanic ash does to planes-13 hrs ago, Why is volcanic ash a threat to planes? 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). Moody displaying the cool-headed nature required of a pilot made the following announcement to his passengers: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. The pilot had attempted a water landing while trying to fight off the hijackers. In this remarkable incident, on board a BA flight to Malaga with 81 passengers, a badly-fitted windscreen panel failed, sucking the captain, Tim Lancaster, halfway out of the cockpit. Ash had clogged the engines, which only restarted when enough of the molten ash solidified and broke off. He strongly believes pilots should learn to think beyond the process of following checklists and procedures by rote. Its just one of those things that you gain or you learn from other people and experience.. Always consult your own GP if you're in any way concerned about your health. The City of Edinburgh had been cruising at 37,000 feet over the ocean on a June night when the number 4 engine, a Rolls-Royce RB- 211, started surging and flamed out. You just need the ability to think calmly through. "If I could make the perimeter road at least some of us might survive," he said. They had no idea what was causing the flame-outs. And they were working equally as hard as me. And thats something thats not changed at all. 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. In trouble. "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. 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 authoritative record of NPRs programming is the audio record. 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 great rewilding debate should we be returning eagles and wolves to our national parks? This is your captain speaking. This is precisely what happened to one Flybe captain in 2014. We have a small problem. 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. MOODY: So we glided 25,000 feet. 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. What now for Paul the eight-limbed oracle? 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. WebCaptain Moody served with British Airways for 32 years, retiring in 1996 with over 17,000 flight hours. Although there were guidelines for the water landing procedure, no one had ever tried it in a Boeing 747, nor has anyone since. WebMoody was then transferred to FBI Headquarters, OC Section, Criminal Investigative Division. 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). That pleased me more than anything. There's no airborne ash detector that's marketed. It was scrapped at Bournemouth Airport, Dorset, England, in 2009. Sorry. The second engine failed 30 seconds later and the other two shortly afterwards. It blew four tyres when it landed, but no one was hurt. Within a year the rest of his hair had done the same. In this photo taken from the view of a plane window, smoke billows out from a plane that caught fire at McCarran international airport. You have entered an incorrect email address! "[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. 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. New York, New York, United States. The remains of the aircraft involved in the Miracle of the Hudson,anAirbus A320 (registrationN106US) was sent to theCarolinas Aviation Museumin Charlotte, NC. Pa XXX" on the cover of his ticket wallet.[2]. All four engines have stopped. Minutes later there were no working engines left. same chemical used to bleach hair from bottles. The plane headed back to Jakarta where it landed safely, though even then one of the engines had failed again. 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. Sullenberger, now retired, speaks internationally on airline safety. 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. We have a small problem. SIMON: I mean, the engines were choking with volcanic ash, right? Naturally, there was concern in the cockpit, with the flight engineer exclaiming: "I don't believe it - all four engines have failed!" Gliding as low as 12,000 feet, they turned back towards Indonesia. Officers selected for but not promoted to the next higher grade must specifically decline promotion in their retirement in lieu of orders (RILO) request. Many passengers, fearing for their lives, wrote notes to relatives. 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. On 24 June 1982, the route was flown by the City of Edinburgh, a 747-236B. Born in Savannah, Ga and growing up in Hinesville, I was always close 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). There was no book for us, he says from his home in England. One such passenger was Charles Capewell, who scrawled "Ma. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. I think airmanship is at the bottom of it all. 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). "That's not unusual in high wispy cloud. 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]. The captain, Eric Moody, tried to reassure passengers with the following statement: "Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. From November, 1981, to September, 1986, he coordinated all the FBIs Labor Racketeering investigations. 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. Moody hadnt a clue why. What do you do? Out of the 175 people on board, 125 died in the accident. All rights reserved. But the flight engineer summed it up at the time when he said: That was like thinking through treacle.. 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 best explanation for it is not that the hair changes colour, but that the pigmented hairs fall out. 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) It was only after a nearby Garuda Indonesia flight relayed the message to Air Traffic Control that it was correctly understood. We have a small problem. 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. Though incredibly rare, there have been a few other instances where commercial airliners have been forced to make a landing on water. This raised the possibility BA9 might have to attempt an ocean ditching if the engines could not be restarted by 12,000 feet. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. Ahoy there! All 155 passengers survived; Sullenbergers reward was a book deal with HarperCollins, and early retirement. 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. 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 just kept trying. So aircraft radar won't pick it up because the wavelength of the aircraft radar is too long. There was a scientist who afterwards, called Fred Prata - P-R-A-T-A - and he developed a volcanic ash detector. 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 flight crew immediately performed the engine shutdown drill, quickly cutting off fuel supply and arming the fire extinguishers. His hair took a year to turn completely white. The captain, Eric Moody, tried to reassure passengers with the following statement: "Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. Nevertheless, he was back at work in less than five months. The City of Edinburgh had been cruising at 37,000 feet over the ocean on a June night w But as Claudia Hammond finds out, it is difficult to get to the root of the 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. 56,514 people are reading stories on the site right now. And If Id tried to do things by the book, I dont know whether wed still be here.. 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 are doing our damnedest to get them going again. Shortly thereafter, engine three restarted, allowing him to climb slowly. Moody's announcement was actually more than that. I trust you are not in too much distress. The near-miss was compared to the 1977 Tenerife Airport disaster, the deadliest aviation accident of all time, in which 583 people were killed after two Boeing 747s collided on the runway. British Airways flight 5290 had taken off from London on its way to Spain on 10 June 1990 when part of the planes windshield came loose and sucked Captain Tim Lancaster out of the plane. MOODY: Yeah, they were. Our first thoughts were it was a bomb.". It was, in Moody's words, "a bit like negotiating one's way up abadger's arse.". As we age, the cells in hair follicles stop producing these pigments and the resulting hairs are colourless. All four engines have stopped. By that time, the jet had been gliding for 13 minutes without engines with the crew working hard to restart them. A flight attendant grabbed Lancaster to keep him from flying away. 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. Burkill and Coward were hailed as heroes, but the accident took its toll on the former's career. WebCaptain Moody served with British Airways for 32 years, retiring in 1996 with over 17,000 flight hours. Moody's announcement was actually more than that. While cruising at 41,000 feet, halfway through a flight from Montreal to Edmonton, Air Canada Flight 143 ran out of juice due to, shockingly, a refuelling miscalculation caused by a recent switch to the metric system. 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). 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. Plane going down. In 1982, a pilot called Captain Eric Moody was all ready for quiet overnight flight from Kuala Lumpur to Perth. New York, New York, United States. Disclaimer All content within this column is provided for general information only, and should not be treated as a substitute for the medical advice of your own doctor or any other health care professional. With nerves of steel, the captain, Eric Moody, miraculously landed the plane. A few minutes later number four engine sputtered to a halt, followed by two, then three and one. The pilot of a British Airways jet that was forced to abandon its takeoff after an engine burst into flames has been lauded for averting a potential disaster. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. The same thing is said to have happened to several historical figures, but in a far shorter time frame. They had no idea what was causing the flame-outs. A condition called alopecia ariata causes the hair shed suddenly, resulting in bald patches. 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". WebSingle Family Office. A dry sense of perspective that probably did more to relax the passengers than thousands of words of explanation ever could have. 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. The plane, with first officer, the ironically named John Coward, at the controls, landed around 270 metres short of the runway, just beyond the A30. Im married to the lovely Claire Moody who is the General Manger of the Seafarer Inn and Suites on Jekyll. 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. 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. 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. All four engines have stopped. 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. 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. Landing in gusty conditions is a minor inconvenience for any pilot. We have a small problem. 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. Moody's announcement was actually more than that. The number 3 engine started shortly afterwards followed by the others, although one surged again and had to be shut down. So the story had a happy ending. 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. 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. On the flight deck, however, Greaves's mask was broken; the delivery tube had detached from the rest of the mask. The aircraft was taken out of service in February 2004; in 2009, the then 30-year-old aircraft was scrapped. Passengers reportedly scribbled notes to loved ones (one, by Charles Capewell, read: "Ma. The BBC is not liable for the contents of any external internet sites listed, nor does it endorse any commercial product or service mentioned or advised on any of the sites. 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. 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. I don't - I'm not that demonstrative, no. Despite the weather radar showing clear skies, the crew switched on engine anti-ice and the passenger seat belt signs as a precaution. WebSingle Family Office. 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. Aviation safety advances helped stave off BA plane fire disaster, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. 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. Youll love it! McCormick managed to perform an emergency landing in Detroit with no casualties or major injuries. The pilot chose to continue to accelerate and performed a steep take-off, avoiding a collision by just 19 metres (62 feet). -16 hrs ago, Why Volcanic Ash Is So Dangerous-27 hrs ago, How a volcano brought Europe to a standstill, How volcanoes occur, in graphics and text, How elephants helped to shape human history, by David Cannadine, Justin Webb on America's love affair with progress. We finish on a slightly comical note. Heading for Perth, Australia, the weather forecast for the five-hour journey was good and the crew were anticipating an uneventful flight. As the aircraft approached its target altitude, the St Elmo's fire effect on the windscreen returned. 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. And the airplane actually landed itself. Say goodbye to worktime boredom. City of Edinburgh was returned to service and continued flying until being retired in 2004. Moody swiftly decided to descend at 1,800m per minute to an altitude where there was enough pressure in the outside atmosphere to breathe almost normally. Hamble was strong on airmanship and those early lessons stuck with Moody throughout his career. The plane had flown into a cloud of dust spewed out by an eruption of Mount Galunggung, 110 miles south east of Jakarta. One study showed that hair naturally greys through the same chemical used to bleach hair from bottles. 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 landed safety in Jakarta despite the almost total lack of visibility. 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. However, due to the sound of rushing air, he could not hear air traffic control. 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. [3] Flight 9 was not the first encounter with this eruption a Garuda DC-9 had encountered ash on 5 April 1982.[8]. The captain, Eric Moody, tried to reassure passengers with the following statement: "Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. And I hand flew the airplane down. Part of the floor at the rear gave way, severing a control cable and disabling an engine. "The whole night sky lit up. And then 30 seconds later the other two started up. Oxygen bags are deployed. WebMoody was then transferred to FBI Headquarters, OC Section, Criminal Investigative Division. Furthermore, the dust sandblasted the windscreen, making it almost impossible to see. 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. Accuracy and availability may vary. 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. We love you. After leaving the ground, however, a turbine disc failure set the right engine alight and caused panic on board. 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. We were down at 12,000 feet then. We traveled 80 nautical miles forward, and 15,000 feet or so. We have a small problem. 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. We could find the centreline of the runway but I had no glideslope, he said. 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. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. 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. And we got to 13,000 feet and one engine started. "We were about to stall and fall out of the sky," said Captain Peter Burkill in an interview two years later. A plume of volcanic ash from Iceland has led to flights across the UK being grounded. 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. The flight deck door was blown off, blocking the throttle control and causing the plane to accelerate towards the ground. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. There were 152 people on board and we were all going to die.". It wasnt until sometime after landing that the crew discovered volcanic ash was the cause of the engine failures. After being ferried back to London, engine number four was replaced and major work was undertaken to return the aircraft to service. Copyright Civil Aviation Safety Authority Australia, Captain Moodys wisdom: the aeroplane might break any minute. 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. As pressure within the cabin fell, oxygen masks dropped from the ceiling an automatic emergency measure to make up for the lack of air. 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. But it developed into something more than we'd ever seen before.". There are times, he tells Flight Safety Australia, that pilots need to work outside the rules and this was one of them. 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. Can hair really turn white overnight? Coastal Expeditions Charter Fishing and Dolphin Cruises. 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