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. The flight crew quickly determined that the aircraft was capable of gliding for 23 minutes and covering 91 nautical miles (169 km) from its flight level of 37,000 feet (11,000 m). Without engine thrust, a 747-200 has a glide ratio of roughly 15:1, meaning it can glide forward 15 miles for every mile it drops. Within seconds, and almost simultaneously, engines one and three flamed out, prompting the flight engineer to exclaim, "I don't believe it-all four engines have failed!" Less than a minute later, at 13:43 UTC (20:43 Jakarta time), engine two surged and flamed out. The flight crew immediately performed the engine shutdown drill, quickly cutting off fuel supply and arming the fire extinguishers. Īround 13:42 UTC (20:42 Jakarta time), the number-four Rolls-Royce RB211 engine began surging and soon flamed out. Passengers who had a view of the aircraft's engines through the window noted that they were unusually bright blue, with light shining forward through the fan blades and producing a stroboscopic effect. However, it soon began to grow thicker and had an odour of sulphur. Despite the weather radar showing clear skies, the crew switched on engine anti-ice and the passenger seat belt signs as a precaution.Īs the flight progressed, smoke began to accumulate in the passenger cabin of the aircraft it was first assumed to be cigarette smoke. Elmo's fire, while Moody was heading to the lavatory. Shortly after 13:40 UTC (20:40 Jakarta time) above the Indian Ocean, south of Java, the crew first noticed an unusual effect on the windscreen similar to St. The flight crew members had boarded the aircraft at Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Kuala Lumpur and were due to pilot the 747 from the Malaysia to Perth Airport leg. JSTOR ( June 2019) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Īt the time of the incident, the flight crew of BA009 consisted of 32-year-old Senior First Officer Roger Greaves, 40-year-old Senior Engineer Officer Barry Townley-Freeman, and 41-year-old Captain Eric Henry Moody.Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.įind sources: "British Airways Flight 009" – news Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This section needs additional citations for verification. The crew members of the accident segment had boarded the aircraft in Kuala Lumpur, while many of the passengers had been aboard since the flight began in London. The aircraft glided out of the ash cloud, and all engines were restarted (although one failed again soon after), allowing the aircraft to land safely at the Halim Perdanakusuma Airport in Jakarta.
The aircraft was diverted to Jakarta in the hope that enough engines could be restarted to allow it to land there. Partly because the event occurred at night, obscuring the cloud, the reason for the failure was not immediately apparent to the crew or air traffic control. The aircraft flew into a cloud of volcanic ash thrown up by the eruption of Mount Galunggung around 110 miles (180 km) south-east of Jakarta, Indonesia, resulting in the failure of all four engines. On 24 June 1982, the route was flown by the City of Edinburgh, a Boeing 747-200 registered as G-BDXH.
Melbourne Airport, Melbourne, Victoria, Australiaīritish Airways Flight 009, sometimes referred to by its callsign Speedbird 9 or as the Jakarta incident, was a scheduled British Airways flight from London Heathrow to Auckland, with stops in Bombay, Kuala Lumpur, Perth, and Melbourne. Perth Airport, Perth, Western Australia, Australia Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Quadruple engine flameout due to blockage by volcanic ash G-BDXH, the aircraft involved in the accident, 1980
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