Video: 'Air Crash Investigation - Falling From The Sky (S04E02)'

(Thursday, June 24, 1982, 9:40 a.m. EDT) — A British Airways Boeing 747 with 262 people aboard today experienced the failure of all four engines at an altitude of 37,000 feet while passing through volcanic ash generated by Mount Galunggung in Indonesia. By the time the crew was able to restart the engines, the jumbo jet had glided down to 12,000 feet before making a safe emergency landing in Jakarta.