Four Engines Dead, an Ocean Below and a Boeing 747 to Save

British Airways Flight 009 lost power in all four engines after encountering volcanic ash near Java on 24 June 1982. The Boeing 747 crew restarted engines and landed safely in Jakarta. The aircraft had departed Kuala Lumpur on its way to Perth, with no warning in the available weather information of the volcanic hazard ahead. Nothing in the weather information available to the pilots warns of the hazard waiting above Java. The crew's later account describes a calm, moonless night en route, not a precise observation of conditions during boarding. The Boeing leaves Malaysia in the evening, continuing a long journey that began in London. For the passengers, this is another overnight sector.