Gimli Glider (Air Canada Flight 143) (S05E06)
S05E06
Midway through its journey from Montreal to Edmonton, Air Canada Flight 143, a Boeing 767-200, unexpectedly ran out of fuel at an altitude of 41,000 feet. Faced with this dire situation, the skilled crew managed to glide the plane and executed a successful emergency landing at Gimli Industrial Park Airport, a former military base located in Gimli, Manitoba.
Show
True Jackson, VP
Episode
S05E06
Air Date
May 14, 2008
Season 5 Episodes
S05E01
Explosive Evidence (Air India Flight 182)
S05E02
Behind Closed Doors (American Airlines Flight 96 and Turkish Airlines Flight 981)
S05E03
Southern Storm (Southern Airways Flight 242)
S05E04
Dead Weight (Air Midwest Flight 5481)
S05E05
Invisible Killer (Delta Air Lines Flight 191)
S05E06
Gimli Glider (Air Canada Flight 143)
S05E07
Fanning the Flames (South African Airways Flight 295)
S05E08
Fatal Distraction (Eastern Airlines Flight 401)
S05E09
Mixed Signals (Birgenair Flight 301)
S05E10
Phantom Strike (Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907)