| Date: | Thursday 24 June 1982 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 747-236B |
| Owner/operator: | British Airways |
| Registration: | G-BDXH |
| MSN: | 21635/365 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 262 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 240 km SE of Jakarta -
 Indonesia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Kuala Lumpur-Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport (SZB/WMSA) |
| Perth Airport, WA (PER/YPPH) |
Cruising at FL370 the aircraft entered a cloud of volcanic dust (Mount Galunggung had erupted). The crew noticed St. Elmo's fire and smoke and dust were present in the cabin. All four engines failed and the aircraft started to descend. The crew managed to restart engine no. 4 at FL130 and restarted the other engines in succession. Because engine no. 2 continually surged, a 3-engined emergency landing was carried out at Jakarta.
Sources:
skybrary.aero
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 February 1993 | G-BDXH | British Airways | 0 | Kingston-Norman Manley International Airport (KIN/MKJP) |  |
min |
| 30 August 1994 | G-BDXH | British Airways | 0 | over The Ténéré Desert |  |
sub |
| Issue with flap(s) | ||||||
| 21 May 1996 | G-BDXH | British Airways | 0 | Selsey Bill, Sussex, 20 nm SW of London Gatwick Airport |  |
min |
| Lightningstrike | ||||||
| 9 August 1996 | G-BDXH | British Airways | 0 | London-Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK) | |
min |
| Rudder issue | ||||||
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