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Originally Posted by pablo
Yes, I recall that incident as well. I think the Airbus crew landed in the Azore's, under emergency.
The Air Canada B767 occurred a long time ago, and if memory serves...they "glided" into an abandoned military field somewhere near Montreal.
"You'll probably be OK" 5555  |
You guys are both right. Both out of fuel emergency landings were Canadian carriers. The Air Canada Flight in the 70’s was an error in fueling in Toronto during the metric conversion from gallons to litres. This resulted in not enough fuel being added.
The second one was an Air Transat charter flight out of Toronto that ran out of fuel due to a major engine fuel leak. (wrong parts installed on engine change) It landed in the Azores. The pilot was held up as a hero and then chastised when it was discovered he served time in South America for drug running. Maybe that’s how he learned to fly so well….5555…