Episode 031: (Air) British Airways Flight 9 - a podcast by Andy & Michele Sargent

On 24 June 1982, British Airways Flight 9 was flown by the City of Edinburgh, a Boeing 747-200. The aircraft flew into a cloud of volcanic ash thrown up by the eruption of Mount Galunggung (approximately 110 miles or180 km south-east of Jakarta, Indonesia), resulting in the failure of all four engines. The reason for the failure was not immediately apparent to the crew or air traffic control. The aircraft was diverted to Jakarta in the hope that enough engines could be restarted to allow it to land there. 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.

This episode of The Cornfield Meet: Transportation Disasters podcast is brought to you by Michele Sargent and Mel Bee. We are both self-professed disaster historians.

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