Where can I find out more infomation about the Galunggung 747 encounters in 1982?
A. The British Airways encounter is the most widely known, but there were others: see our Galunggung page. You can read British Airways Captain Eric Moody’s account on his website. There’s also a description of the British Airways encounter at the US FAA site. There is also a video (produced by Boeing) available from the International Civil Aviation Organisation which features an account of this incident (a short description of the video is on the U.S. Geological Survey site). The Global Volcanism Program has a good summary of the eruptions, which also had very extensive effects on the ground. For a detailed account of the incident focussing on the passengers viewpoint, ‘All Four Engines Have Failed’, The True and Triumphant Story of Flight BA 009 and the ‘Jakarta Incident’, by Betty Tootell, published by Andre Deutsch (ISBN 0-233-97758-9), is a gripping read. This book can be obtained from some public libraries on inter-library loan. At least two recent television documentaries (scree
