British Airways Flight 9 volcanic ash encounter

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The British Airways Flight 9 volcanic ash encounter was a 1982 incident in which a Boeing 747 flying over Indonesia lost power in all four engines after flying through Mount Galunggung’s ash cloud, but successfully glided and restarted its engines for a safe landing.

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instanceOf aircraft emergency ⓘ
aviation incident ⓘ
aircraft Boeing 747-236B ⓘ
linked to: Boeing 747-200B
aircraftDamage engine damage from ash ingestion ⓘ
severe erosion of windscreen and leading edges ⓘ
aircraftName City of Edinburgh ⓘ
linked to: Edinburgh
aircraftRegistration G-BDXH ⓘ
airline British Airways ⓘ
callsign Speedbird 9 ⓘ
linked to: SPEEDBIRD
captain Eric Moody ⓘ
causeCategory volcanic ash encounter ⓘ
causeDetail ingestion of volcanic ash into all four engines ⓘ
countryOfIncident Indonesia ⓘ
crewAction attempted multiple engine restarts ⓘ
glided the aircraft without engine power ⓘ
cruiseAltitude approximately 37,000 feet ⓘ
date 1982-06-24 ⓘ
destinationAirport Auckland Airport ⓘ
diversionAirport Jakarta Halim Perdanakusuma Airport ⓘ
engineManufacturer Rolls-Royce ⓘ
linked to: Rolls-Royce plc
engineStatus flameout of all four engines ⓘ
engineType Rolls-Royce RB211 ⓘ
fatalities 0 ⓘ
firstOfficer Roger Greaves ⓘ
flightEngineer Barry Townley-Freeman ⓘ
flightNumber BA9 ⓘ
British Airways Flight 9 ⓘ
hullLoss no ⓘ
landingAirport Jakarta Halim Perdanakusuma Airport ⓘ
location airspace south of Java ⓘ
mediaName Jakarta incident of British Airways Flight 9 ⓘ
nearVolcano Mount Galunggung ⓘ
linked to: Galunggung volcano
notableFeature extended power-off glide by a Boeing 747 ⓘ
temporary loss of all four engines in flight ⓘ
numberOfEngines 4 ⓘ
numberOfOccupants 248 ⓘ
numberOfPassengers 248 ⓘ
originAirport London Heathrow Airport ⓘ
linked to: Heathrow Airport
outcome safe landing ⓘ
successful restart of all four engines ⓘ
passengerInjuries minor ⓘ
phaseOfFlight cruise ⓘ
routeRegion Europe–Asia–Oceania ⓘ
linked to: Eurasia
safetyImpact contributed to development of volcanic ash avoidance procedures ⓘ
raised global awareness of volcanic ash hazards to aviation ⓘ
stopoverAirport Bombay ⓘ
linked to: Mumbai

Kuala Lumpur ⓘ
Madras ⓘ
linked to: Madras, India
year 1982 ⓘ

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Galunggung → notableIncident → British Airways Flight 9 volcanic ash encounter ⓘ
subject linked to: Galunggung volcano