June 24, 1982 – On a clear summer night, during a seemingly calm trip to Australia, the impossible happens to British Airways Flight 009. Smoke starts filling the cabin. The engines catch fire – then stop working. The flight crew witness a bizarre shower of brilliant sparks strike the windshield of the aircraft. The entire plane is surrounded by a shimmering white glow.
Without power, the plane begins falling from the sky. Passengers are terrified. The crew have no idea why their engines have quit – or how to get them working again. As they fall through the night the captain faces a difficult choice – return to the nearest airport and likely crash into the mountains, or attempt an incredibly difficult ocean landing.
Just minutes before crashing into the sea, the stricken plane’s engines roar back to life. The jet limps back to Halim airport in Jakarta. But the crew realises that their windshield is severely damaged — making it nearly impossible to see their runway. After suffering through a night of bizarre twists and turns, they manage to touch down safely at Halim. But they are still bewildered – what had knocked their plane from the sky? What investigators discover changed the way pilots are trained and altered the understanding of how volcanoes can affect aviation.
What did you think of this incident?
From Season 4 Episode 2 “Falling From The Sky”: British Airways 009, June 24, 1982 – During a calm flight to Australia, smoke starts filling the cabin of a passenger jet. At the same time, the flight crew witness a bizarre shower of brilliant white sparks hitting their windshield. Within moments, the four engines of the 747 shut down. Just seconds before crashing into the Indian ocean, the engines roar back to life. The terrifying flight changes the way pilots are trained and alters forever the understanding of how volcanoes can affect passenger jets.
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Wow this freaked me out. At first I thought they went through the Bermuda Triangle. Glad everyone serviced. Seriously ! Kudos to the pilots for never giving up! Always fight till the bitter end ?
WTF with the zoom-in? look like a fake, pirated clip. THUMP DOWN
I guarantee that the pieces of those engines are in display cases at Rolls-Royce aviation.
This is why I will not go on a plane
The fact that you could smoke on a plane back in the day just seems insane… It's like begging for a fire inside the cabin…. That just seems so crazy now days.
This is the happiest Mayday episode I've seen, I love it 🙂
"We have a small problem… all 4 engines have stopped" yeah… just a little bump in the road it is! Cheerio!
The thing I HATE about all shows like this (made for tv documentaries) is that after every commercial break they rehash the last 15 minutes or so of the program in case someone just "tuned in" or you just have a terrible memory and forgot everything while watching that McDonald's commercial.
When I see the passengers PRESENTLY talking always a great satisfaction ??
These men are heroes in the mist. I don't know how they are able to keep level heads. But thanks to their diligence, people's lives were saved. I tip my hat to these incredible pilots and flight crew.
When you don’t know what’s wrong with the plane how do u diagnose this? I would be so worried to be the next one to travel in the same plane
I was sure the plane went into another dimension or Twilight Zone . I guess a volcano would make sense too.
First of all let me say it's excellent job applying got the bird on the ground in one piece and lost no souls. Although given your position and flight path and did not know the eruption coincided with your flight I did guess volcanic ash and some bizarre interaction with your cabin lights completely forgot about Saint Elmo's Fire again nice landing
Never stop flying the plane!
Funk
This just shows me the incompetence of the Indonesian Government and Airport. No air warning of a volcanic eruption to flights, unworking glide equipment, clueless ATC that couldn’t understand them. Saved only by the skill of the pilots and reliability of those Rolls Royce engines. The government was completely clueless of the air conditions and a volcano even erupted. Between Indonesia and Malaysian air traffic incompetence, why would any plane make it out alive is a miracle
That old lady…. she made her mind up…. "just crash in the mountains and get it over with."
Prolly the realistic statement of the show.
The scariest thing is how a large volcanic eruption, asteroid, nuke, etc; could put huge amounts of dust into the atmosphere for months or years and ground all aircraft on top of the general nuclear winter hellscape it causes
Wow engines went off for good reason ?
Awesome
Quick ……. Close the shades ……… ah yes that’s better no more engine on fire !!!!
“this is your captain speaking, we’ve faced a small problem, uhhhhhhh ALL 4 ENGINES STOPPED WORKING “
I wonder if anyone hit up the old ladies for some of their Heroin after they realized they were going down?
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Two more infomercials!!
Two infomercials in a row !
I thought that it might have been a volcanic eruption the sulfur in the air of the cabin was the telling indication.