Started by Carlos Mendoza (@carlos_spots) ·
The Gimli Glider: a 767 that ran out of fuel because of a units mistake
The captain happened to be an experienced glider pilot, and the first officer happened to have served at Gimli. Neither of those things should have been necessary.
5 sources · 33 min down the hole
How I got here
- Started with
- “gimli glider”
- Ended at
- Air Transat Flight 236
The Trail
- “gimli glider” (google.com)
- Gimli Glider (en.wikipedia.org)
fuel was calculated in pounds when it should have been kilograms
- Ram air turbine (en.wikipedia.org)
- Slip (aerodynamics) (en.wikipedia.org)
- Air Transat Flight 236 (en.wikipedia.org)
the other famous airliner glide. 65 nautical miles to the Azores
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