The Gimli Glider is the nickname of an Air Canada Boeing 767 that made an incredible emergency landing on July 23, 1983, after running out of fuel in mid-air. The plane glided for 17 minutes without engine power and touched down on a decommissioned airbase that was being used as a racetrack, avoiding any fatalities…
Air Canada passenger Flight 174 ran out of fuel at 41,000 feet. Their only hope of survival was for Captain Robert Pearson to do the extraordinary: to land the plane without engines or any power onboard.
Since the beginning of commercial aviation, thousands of planes have crashed all over the world, with tens of thousands of people injured or killed. When
The Air League of Monaco is hosting an interesting event this week, a seated dinner and Q&A with Captain Robert Pearson, the pilot who famously glided a passenger jet to safety in Canada after it had run out of fuel.