The Gimli Glider....

[Jbb]

wow! (http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=744)

[73kona455]

Double WOW:eek: :eek:

[pw_Tony]

Cool story.... and yes I read it all ;)

[XtrmWakeborder]

767 glider? DAMN!

[rrrr]

This one's better........over the ocean glider.......:D :D
Must have been an ass-clinching 65 miles.......:jawdrop:
Accident Investigation Final Report
All Engines-out Landing Due to Fuel Exhaustion
Air Transat
Airbus A330-243 marks C-GITS
Lajes, Azores, Portugal
24 August 2001
Final Investigation Report 22 / ACCID / 2001 18 October 2004
On August 24, 2001, Air Transat Flight TSC236, an Airbus 330-243
aircraft, was on a scheduled flight from Toronto Lester B Pearson
Airport, Ontario (CYYZ), Canada to Lisbon Airport (LPPT), Portugal with
13 crew and 293 passengers on board. At 05:33, the aircraft was at
4244N/2305W when the crew noted a fuel imbalance.
At 05:45, the crew initiated a diversion from the flight-planned route
for a landing at the Lajes Airport (LPLA), Terceira Island in the
Azores. At 05:48, the crew advised Santa Maria Oceanic Control that the
flight was diverting due to a fuel shortage. At 06:13, the crew
notified air traffic control that the right engine (Rolls-Royce RB211
Trent 772B) had flamed out. At 06:26, when the aircraft was about 65
nautical miles from the Lajes airport and at an altitude of about FL
345, the crew reported that the left engine had also flamed out and that
a ditching at sea was possible. :jawdrop: :jawdrop:
Assisted by radar vectors from Lajes air traffic control, the crew
carried out an engines-out, visual approach, at night and in good visual
weather conditions. The aircraft landed on runway 33 at the Lajes
Airport at 06:45. After the aircraft came to a stop, small fires
started in the area of the left main-gear wheels, but these fires were
immediately extinguished by the crash rescue response vehicles that were
in position for the landing.
The Captain ordered an emergency evacuation; 16 passengers and 2
cabin-crew members received injuries during the emergency evacuation.
The aircraft suffered structural damage to the fuselage and to the main
landing gear.

[OCMerrill]

There was TV movie about this many years ago. Quite a read right there.

[Sleek-Jet]

Imperial gallons, litres, pounds... it is all the same.... :D

[Jbb]

We had a very similar incident when I worked at Eastern Airlines.....a guy who hired on the same day as me installed master chip detectors in all three engines ......with out o rings...:jawdrop: ...made for a rather tense flight...
here's the story (http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.rvs.uni-bielefeld.de/publications/Incidents/GRAFIK/ComAndRep/Eastern/fig1a.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.rvs.uni-bielefeld.de/publications/Incidents/DOCS/ComAndRep/Eastern/Ntsb8404.html&h=513&w=403&sz=75&hl=en&start=1&um=1&tbnid=k8jEGQKwMV1lPM:&tbnh=131&tbnw=103&prev=/images%3Fq%3Deastern%2Bairlines%2Bnear%2Bditching% 2Bl1011%2Bchip%2Bdetectors%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%2 6hl%3Den)

[Infomaniac]

I didnt read it but that is the one where they miscalculated the amount of fuel?
The (RAT) Ram Air Turbine gave them hydraulic control.
I hate it when someone Dirty Sanches me. JBB

[Infomaniac]

How about when to conserve fuel on 727's they would lower the flaps a couple of degrees and pull the breaker.
Flight engineer went to the bathroom, came back noticed a popped breaker and pushed it in.
They damn near crashed but never admitted to what actually happened.

[Sleek-Jet]

How about when to conserve fuel on 727's they would lower the flaps a couple of degrees and pull the breaker.
Flight engineer went to the bathroom, came back noticed a popped breaker and pushed it in.
They damn near crashed but never admitted to what actually happened.
They also erased the CVR after getting on the ground...
Didn't FE finally admit to what happened, several years and a mental breakdown later??
To many though, the captain of that flight is still considered a "hero" for saving the airplane.

[Jbb]

How about when to conserve fuel on 727's they would lower the flaps a couple of degrees and pull the breaker.
Flight engineer went to the bathroom, came back noticed a popped breaker and pushed it in.
They damn near crashed but never admitted to what actually happened.
Pretty sure those Fuel reduction flight profiles were outlawed after that...:D