The Gimli Glider incident saw a Boeing 767 glide to a dead-stick landing after running out of fuel at 41,000 feet due to a metric conversion error.
TaildraggerThe Boeing 767 burns about 1,600 gallons per hour, but per-passenger fuel economy reaches 75 MPG — better than a Prius.
TowerThe Gimli Glider incident turned a Boeing 767 into history's largest glider after a metric conversion error left it without fuel at 41,000 feet.
TaildraggerThe full story of the Gimli Glider, the Air Canada Boeing 767 that ran out of fuel at 41,000 feet and glided to a deadstick landing in 1983.
TaildraggerA United Airlines Boeing 767 struck a bakery truck and light pole while taxiing at Newark, raising questions about airport infrastructure clearances.
TowerUnited Airlines keeps flying its aging Boeing 767s because Boeing can't deliver 787 replacements fast enough and the paid-off jets still make financial sense.
TowerHow a metric conversion error left Air Canada Flight 143 without fuel at 41,000 feet, and a glider pilot landed a 767 with no engines.
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