Tag: Captain Eric Moody
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“I Just Stepped Up and Thought, ‘This Is It, We’re Going Down.’” – Flight Attendant Recounts ‘Dire’ Volcanic Ash Scare
On the night of June 24, 1982, 263 people aboard British Airways Flight 9 unknowingly flew into a cloud of volcanic ash from Indonesia’s erupting Mount Galunggung. What happened next remains one of the most extraordinary survival stories in aviation history. For flight attendant Claire O’Donnell, it was the moment she genuinely believed her life…
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“I Don’t Believe It, All Four Engines Have Failed!” – How A Modern 4-Engine Boeing 747 Became A Silent Glider, Descending Thousands Of Feet Without Power With 263 Souls Onboard
Today in 1982: The Night a Boeing 747 Lost All Four Engines at 37,000 Feet On June 24, 1982, one of the most extraordinary survival stories in aviation history unfolded over the Indian Ocean south of Java, Indonesia. British Airways Flight 009, a Boeing 747-236B named City of Edinburgh, was operating a scheduled flight from…
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