Gimli Glider
What happens when a commercial airliner runs out of fuel at 40,000 feet?
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Show Notes
On July 23, 1983, Air Canada Flight 143 was in route from Montreal to Edmonton when the plane - astonishingly - ran out of fuel midway through the flight. The crew would thus have to glide the Boeing 767 - and their 61 passengers - from an altitude of 41,000 feet - to an emergency landing at an old Air Force base in Manitoba - which had recently been converted to a racetrack - and was hosting an event at the time of the emergency landing. This is the story of the Gimli Glider.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider
https://simpleflying.com/air-canada-gimli-glider-facts-list/
https://www.damninteresting.com/the-gimli-glider/
Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Air_Canada_Flight_143_after_emergency_landing_2.jpg
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