The Gimli Glider is the nickname of the Air Canada aircraft that was involved in a notable aviation incident. On 23 July 1983, Air Canada Flight 143, a Boeing 767-200 jet, ran out of fuel at 26,000 feet (7,920 m) altitude, about halfway through its flight from Montreal to Edmonton via Ottawa. The crew was able to glide the aircraft safely to an emergency landing at Gimli Industrial Park Airport, a former Canadian Air Force base at Gimli, Manitoba
The subsequent investigation revealed corporate failures and a chain of minor human errors that combined to defeat built-in safeguards. In addition, fuel loading was miscalculated through misunderstanding of the recently adopted metric system, which replaced the imperial system.
Date 23 July 1983
Type Fuel exhaustion, Maintenance error
Site over Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba, Canada
Passengers 61
Crew 8
Injuries 10
Fatalities 0
Survivors 69 (all)
Aircraft type Boeing 767-233
Operator Air Canada
Tail number C-GAUN
Flight origin Montreal-Dorval International Airport
Stopover Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport
Destination Edmonton International Airport
The subsequent investigation revealed corporate failures and a chain of minor human errors that combined to defeat built-in safeguards. In addition, fuel loading was miscalculated through misunderstanding of the recently adopted metric system, which replaced the imperial system.
Date 23 July 1983
Type Fuel exhaustion, Maintenance error
Site over Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba, Canada
Passengers 61
Crew 8
Injuries 10
Fatalities 0
Survivors 69 (all)
Aircraft type Boeing 767-233
Operator Air Canada
Tail number C-GAUN
Flight origin Montreal-Dorval International Airport
Stopover Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport
Destination Edmonton International Airport
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