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. "For an aircraft travelling at about 125mph, that's carnage. His hair took a year to turn completely white. Read about our approach to external linking. https://www.seafarerinnandsuites.com/. The remains of the aircraft involved in the Miracle of the Hudson,anAirbus A320 (registrationN106US) was sent to theCarolinas Aviation Museumin Charlotte, NC. Eventually, the overall effect of a combination of coloured and colourless hair, especially in people with dark hair, is grey. You can say its in my blood. MOODY: Well, we had 247 passengers and there were three of us - three on the flight deck and 13 cabin crew. After leaving the ground, however, a turbine disc failure set the right engine alight and caused panic on board. "; 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? 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. To mark the 10th anniversary of the Miracle on the Hudson, we recount the tales of heroic pilots who really earned their hefty salaries. I think airmanship is at the bottom of it all. I trust you are not in too much distress.". The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has adopted only six of the 35 safety recommendations made by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in its final report on Flight 1549. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. 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. 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 are all doing our damnedest to get them going again. You have entered an incorrect email address! This explanation might well account for cases like that of Captain Moody. SIMON: They are several hundred people that I bet feel they owe their lives to you and your crew. They had no idea what was causing the flame-outs. We have a small problem. It was, in Moody's words, "a bit like negotiating one's way up a badger's arse. Our first thoughts were it was a bomb.". However, Jakarta Area Control misunderstood the message, interpreting the call as meaning that only engine number four had shut down. The pilot chose to continue to accelerate and performed a steep take-off, avoiding a collision by just 19 metres (62 feet). But that was the least of my worries, I have to say. What now for Paul the eight-limbed oracle? The captain, Eric Moody, tried to reassure passengers with the following statement: "Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. 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. Oxygen bags are deployed. The events around one British Airways flight in 1982 reveal the potential dangers of this sort of dust. We have a small problem. In September 2009 the environmental group 10:10 bought the fuselage of City Of Edinburgh to be made into tags. The Miracle on the Hudson was hailed as the most successful ditching in aviation history by the NTSB. 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. We love you. No announcement was made to instruct the passengers to fasten their seatbelts, and 20 of the 57 passengers died in the accident. The crew worked together to create a virtual glideslope using the localiser and distance measuring equipment. Minutes later there were no working engines left. During the struggle, the plane was forced into a roll just before impact with the water, causing the craft to break into three pieces. SIMON: I mean, the engines were choking with volcanic ash, right? This allowed the 747 to climb but Moody says there was no sense of elation. 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. I trust you are not in too much distress. 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. Dec 2021 - Present1 year 2 months. MOODY: Well, it was sheer bloody-mindedness and persistence. We did it through a very good bit of crew cooperation. 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. 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. From November, 1981, to September, 1986, he coordinated all the FBIs Labor Racketeering investigations. 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. US Airways Captain Chesley B Sully Sullenberger. Can hair really turn white overnight? 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). All four engines have stopped. 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. "Not a day goes by without it crossing my mind," he told the BBC last year. But as Claudia Hammond finds out, it is difficult to get to the root of the problem. 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. Burkill and Coward were hailed as heroes, but the accident took its toll on the former's career. The BBC is not responsible or liable for any diagnosis made by a user based on the content of this site. He attended a school near Winchester that had an RAF cadet force and, importantly, learnt to fly a glider at 16. Henkey, who has been a pilot for 42 years, issued a mayday call and brought the plane to a stop. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. All four engines have stopped. Plane going down. 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. 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. "Engine failure number four engine failure number two," he said. The minimum time in grade to be considered eligible for retirement is two years. WebCaptain Moody served with British Airways for 32 years, retiring in 1996 with over 17,000 flight hours. WebMoody was then transferred to FBI Headquarters, OC Section, Criminal Investigative Division. 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. 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. Nevertheless, he was back at work in less than five months. 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. 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 minimum time in grade to be considered eligible for retirement is two years. Within a few moments, a passenger jet powered by four Rolls Royce engines had become a glider. One such passenger was Charles Capewell, who scrawled "Ma. Moody throttled back; however, engine number two surged again and was shut down. And If Id tried to do things by the book, I dont know whether wed still be here.. Copyright 2010 NPR. "[10], British Airways continued to operate the Flight 9 route from London Heathrow to Sydney; in March 2012 the route was curtailed to Bangkok. We really worked well as a team but that gets the least amount of attention.. From November, 1981, to September, 1986, he coordinated all the FBIs Labor Racketeering investigations. New York, New York, United States. But within six months of the incident he noticed that the tip of his quiff had turned white. It was scrapped at Bournemouth Airport, Dorset, England, in 2009. Once the flight cleared the ash cloud, the crew was able to restart each engine and then make a safe landing at Anchorage.[12]. Furthermore, the dust sandblasted the windscreen, making it almost impossible to see. The incident featured in an episode of the Mayday documentary TV series Air Crash Investigation titled "Falling From the Sky". 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. 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 are doing our damnedest to get them going again. 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. MOODY: No, they're not. 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. 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. They had no idea what was causing the flame-outs. Although I was actually flying - hand flying the airplane. 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. The Boeing 747's engines caught on fire and stopped, causing the plane to go down. Shortly after 13:40 UTC (20:40 Jakarta time) above the Indian Ocean, south of Java, the flight crew (consisting of Senior First Officer Roger Greaves and Senior Engineer Officer Barry Townley-Freeman while Captain Eric Moody was in the lavatory) first noted an effect on the windscreen similar to St Elmo's fire. The airliner, flown by Captain Eric Moody, lost thrust from all four engines at 37,000ft. 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. "Good evening ladies and gentlemen. This raised the possibility BA9 might have to attempt an ocean ditching if the engines could not be restarted by 12,000 feet. 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. 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. 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. The same thing is said to have happened to several historical figures, but in a far shorter time frame. 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. So aircraft radar won't pick it up because the wavelength of the aircraft radar is too long. By that time, the jet had been gliding for 13 minutes without engines with the crew working hard to restart them. Accuracy and availability may vary. Up in the cockpit, Moody and his team were working overtime. They outlined a mechanism through which a hallmark of chronic stress causes DNA damage in mice that could lead to conditions like greying hair. We have a small problem. The flight crew immediately performed the engine shutdown drill, quickly cutting off fuel supply and arming the fire extinguishers. And we had to wait another minute and 20 seconds; another one started up very slowly, as they'd run down. 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. WebSingle Family Office. Following the incident, the crew and passengers formed the Galunggung Gliding Club as a means to keep in contact. 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. Fortunately, all other passengers were belted up, and the pilot - Robert Schornstheimer - managed to land 13 minutes later, avoiding further loss of life. One of the first signs of a problem came when smoke began to accumulate in the cabin. Because volcanic ash up where we were is like talcum powder; it's that fine. 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) 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]. All four engines have stopped. 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. The sky was clear and the crew were happy because they had some extra Malaysian satay that night. We have a small problem. The first sign that something untoward was happening had been unusually intense St Elmos fire playing across the windscreen accompanied by an acrid smoke. 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. In this photo taken from the view of a plane window, smoke billows out from a plane that caught fire at McCarran international airport. Moody, first officer Roger Greaves and flight engineer Barry Townley-Freeman had no idea what had caused the unprecedented and statistically improbable multiple failure. [3], At approximately 13:42 UTC (20:42 Jakarta time), engine number four began surging and soon flamed out. 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. Find out more, The latest offers and discount codes from popular brands on Telegraph Voucher Codes, Heroic pilots earn praise - and sometimes even bundles of cash, Chesley Sullenberger III: great name, great pilot, Senior First Officer John Coward and Captain Peter Burkhill, Two China Eastern Airlines planes were involved in the near-miss, The five best spa hotels in the New Forest, Why Australia is the greatest country for wildlife lovers, How cyclists are taking over Europe's cities and why it's a good thing. When he opened the door to the cockpit he saw the windscreen ablaze with a St Elmo's fire - a discharge of static electricity. 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. I trust you are not in too much distress. Reports suggested there were a total of 413 passengers and 26 crew on board the two planes. By clicking Sign up, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider I clicked through to a post on Flatrock earlier and found the quote below. [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. 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. 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. You can hear more Medical Myths on Health Check on the BBC World Service. 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. 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. MOODY: We'll, we didn't find out for sure until two days later, which was quite a worrying period because pilots always think that they're going to get the blame for whatever happens in an airplane. All 155 passengers survived; Sullenbergers reward was a book deal with HarperCollins, and early retirement. However, it soon began to grow thicker and had an ominous odour of sulphur. It can be exacerbated by stress, which could account for the association of white hair with terrifying experiences. "It was, yeah, a little bit frightening.". He says pilots of his era expected things to go wrong and thought ahead about what they would do when that happened. Will do best for boys. But that alone wasn't enough to cause alarm, Capt Moody says, recalling the events when he spoke to BBC's Good Morning Scotland on Thursday. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. Hackett took the unorthodox decision to immediately re-land at Stansted rather than climb away and touch down later. Will do best for boys. There was plenty of time to think and there were three of us, Moody says. However, due to the sound of rushing air, he could not hear air traffic control. Ahoy there! WebMoody was then transferred to FBI Headquarters, OC Section, Criminal Investigative Division. Though incredibly rare, there have been a few other instances where commercial airliners have been forced to make a landing on water. Captain Moody is not alone. Airmanship is as important as technical flying skills but harder to teach. We have a small problem. 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. Little has changed since our flight. All four engines have stopped. One study showed that hair naturally greys through the same chemical used to bleach hair from bottles. Life-threatening situations are not only rare, but unpredictable and no ethics committee is going to let you induce a sufficiently terrifying experience in a lab volunteer. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. The puzzle of whether your hair can turn grey sounds like a simple one for medical science to solve, but its not. The City of Edinburgh had been cruising at 37,000 feet over the ocean on a June night w It is thought to be caused by an auto-immune response, where the bodys defence system turns on itself. Perhaps the best known incident of recent times, involving the most brilliantly monikered pilot. Most Popular Now | 56,514 people are reading stories on the site right now. The only training we had gotten for a water landing was reading a few paragraphs in a manual and having a brief classroom discussion, he said. All four engines have stopped. -3 hrs ago, What volcanic ash does to planes-13 hrs ago, Why is volcanic ash a threat to planes? The captain, Eric Moody, tried to reassure passengers with the following statement: "Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. Last year, a study from a research group led by no less than one of this years recipients of the Nobel prize in Chemistry, Robert Lefkowitz, offered some clues. Gliding as low as 12,000 feet, they turned back towards Indonesia. It was two days before investigators confirmed that volcanic ash had been responsible for the near disaster. As we age, the cells in hair follicles stop producing these pigments and the resulting hairs are colourless. The crew immediately descended and held 12,000 feet (3,700m). "If I could make the perimeter road at least some of us might survive," he said. We finish on a slightly comical note. This episode was repeated a number of times when the Eyjafjallajkull volcano caused a large-scale shutdown of European airspace. As the aircraft approached its target altitude, the St Elmo's fire effect on the windscreen returned. 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 have a small problem. 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 were down at 12,000 feet then. 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 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.. Moody displaying the cool-headed nature required of a pilot made the following announcement to his passengers: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. "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. 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. 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 Moody displaying the cool-headed nature required of a pilot made the following announcement to his passengers: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. It's a major hassle when your prosthetic arm has just fallen off. WebSingle Family Office. And I hand flew the airplane down. The plane landed safety in Jakarta despite the almost total lack of visibility. 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. 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. The captain, Eric Moody, tried to reassure passengers with the following statement: "Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. After falling more than 25,000 feet and preparing to ditch in the Indian Ocean, the plane's crew eventually got the engines restarted. same chemical used to bleach hair from bottles. Always consult your own GP if you're in any way concerned about your health. Despite the weather radar showing clear skies, the crew switched on engine anti-ice and the passenger seat belt signs as a precaution. 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). 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. Its a common tale, even said to have happened to Marie Antoinette. It was, in Moody's words, "a bit like negotiating one's way up abadger's arse.". 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. 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. Lancaster survived, suffering a few fractures and frostbite. Pa XXX" on the cover of his ticket wallet.[2]. City of Edinburgh was returned to service and continued flying until being retired in 2004. We have a small problem. I trust you are not in too much distress. Its about this time Moody makes one of aviations most understated and famous passenger announcements: Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. The pilot had attempted a water landing while trying to fight off the hijackers. Scrapped at Bournemouth Airport, Dorset, England, in Moody 's words, `` a like! 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