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