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CentreFix25

10th March 2007 08:35

BA 747 Indonesia Volcano

I just watched a documentary about the BA 747 that had a 4 engine failure when it sucked in volcanic ash over Indonesia. I've tried to find pics of this pebble dashed lump, but failed, anyone know of any?

BOAC	10th March 2007 11:00

You can start here
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthr...ighlight=moody and maybe a google?

allthatglitters

14th March 2007 14:50

http://aviation-safety.net/database/...?id=19820624-0

CentreFix25

14th March 2007 21:32

Cheers Guys, loads of info but no pics to be had.

aviate1138

15th March 2007 07:56

CentreFix25 asked''
"I just watched a documentary about the BA 747 that had a 4 engine failure when it sucked in volcanic ash over Indonesia. I've tried to find pics of this pebble dashed lump, but failed, anyone know of any?"
Aviate 1138 found just this......
The BA 747 flown by Capt Eric Moody had Rolls Royce RB211-524C2 -19 engines.
http://www.geo.mtu.edu/department/cl...er/engine.html
Aviate 1138

Married a Canadian

16th March 2007 00:41

There was also a book written by one of the passengers

"All four engines have failed" by Betty Tootell. Try a search on Amazon or the like if you want to find it.

The book has some pretty good pictures in it....especially the sandblasting effect on the landing lights. Also goes into exactly what was going on in the cockpit at the time and how frustrated the pilots were getting without knowing what was going on.

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