How Air Canada Flight 143 ran out of fuel at 41,000 feet in 1983 and was glided to a safe landing on a Manitoba drag strip.
TaildraggerHow Air Canada Flight 143 ran both engines dry at 41,000 feet in 1983 and glided to a safe landing on a drag strip.
TaildraggerHow Air Canada Flight 143 ran out of fuel at 41,000 feet in 1983 and glided to a dead-stick landing at Gimli.
TaildraggerHow Captain Bob Pearson glided a fuel-starved Air Canada 767 to a dead-stick landing at Gimli in 1983.
TaildraggerHow Captain Bob Pearson glided a fuel-starved Air Canada 767 to a dead-stick landing at Gimli using a slip every student pilot learns.
TaildraggerThe Boeing 767 burns about 1,600 gallons per hour, but per-passenger fuel economy reaches 75 MPG - better than a Prius.
TowerA 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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