When the engines died mid air, they had no map through the dark - only calm hands and blind faith

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On June 24, 1982, British Airways Flight 9 was cruising above the Indian Ocean when the sky began to behave… strangely.

The cockpit windows flickered with eerie blue light—St. Elmo’s fire. Then came streaks across the wings. And then—without warning—every engine failed. All four. Gone. Silence at 37,000 feet.

Captain Eric Moody and his crew had mere minutes to act. No thrust. No visibility. And nowhere close to land. With jagged mountains waiting below, they began a desperate glide. Oxygen masks dropped. One pilot’s mask broke. Still, Moody stayed calm—lowering the plane to save his co-pilot, conserving every bit of altitude.

Ten restart attempts. Nothing.

Then, like a second heartbeat returning from stillness—one engine roared to life. Then another. And another. And finally, all four.

The ash-covered cockpit windows were sandblasted and nearly opaque. But using slivers of sight and scattered radio signals, they somehow guided the plane to a safe landing in Jakarta.

Not one life was lost.

Later, investigators discovered the jet had unknowingly flown through a volcanic ash cloud from Mount Galunggung—unseen by radar, undetectable in the night. That disaster-in-waiting changed the aviation world. New systems now alert pilots to volcanic activity instantly, saving countless flights since.

Flight 9 didn’t just survive the sky going dark. It showed what human steadiness, skill, and faith look like—when there’s nothing left but a glide and a prayer.

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[Jatka Bandi]

Starting chadavutunnappude anukunna.. lack of oxygen and soothe ani.

[Android_Halwa]

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