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QuickCheck: Did volcanic ash cause an airliner to suffer total engine failure?

WITH the eruption of Mount Ruang in Sulawesi kicking off on April 16 and the subsequent upending of the travel plans of many due to all the airport closures and cancelled flights, it is only natural that many have questioned the need for such measures.

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The captain said all four engines had stopped we thought it was the end: Air stewardess on board BA flight tells how she was certain she was going to die when a plane risked crashing into Indian Ocean - but reveals the very British way the crew reacted

Claire O Donnell (right) was a stewardess on board British Airways Flight 009, which was crippled by a cloud of volcanic ash in 1982 and appeared destined to crash into the sea.

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This is your Captain speaking We have a small problem and all four engines have stopped I trust you re not in too much distress The ice-cool words of a BA pilot at the start of his epic battle to save 263 lives over a shark infested ocean

Captain Moody and his crew had no idea why their engines had failed. All they knew was that their hulking jumbo jet was now effectively a giant glider heading fast towards the ground.

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Pilot s chilling words as he battled to save 263 on jet falling over shark-infested water | UK | News

One by one, the engines of BA Flight 009 from London to Auckland shut down, leaving passengers terrified for their lives.

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Eric Moody was flying from Kuala Lumpur to Perth when he flew through a volcanic ash cloud – it almost ended in tragedy

Eric Moody was flying from Kuala Lumpur to Perth when he flew through a volcanic ash cloud – it almost ended in tragedy
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