Air Transat Flight 236
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air-transat-flight-236-174-15806908
title:
Air Transat Flight 236
text:
Air Transat Flight 236 was a transatlantic flight bound for Lisbon, Portugal, from Toronto, Canada, that lost all engine power while flying over the Atlantic Ocean on August 24, 2001. The Airbus A330 ran out of fuel because of a fuel leak caused by improper maintenance. Captain Robert Piché, 48, an experienced glider pilot, and First Officer Dirk DeJager, 28, glided the plane to a successful emergency landing in the Azores, saving all 306 people on board. Most of the passengers on the flight wer
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2001 aircraft emergency incident
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Transat_Flight_236
date created:
2004-12-22T14:32:13Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T08:48:24Z
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