Air Transat Flight 236
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 due to a fuel leak caused by improper maintenance. Captain Robert Piché, 48, an experienced glider pilot, and First Officer Dirk de Jager, 28, glided the plane to a successful emergency landing in the Azores, saving all 306 people (293 passengers and 13 crew) on board. Most of the passengers on the flight were Canadians visiting Europe or Portuguese expatriates returning to visit family in Portugal. This was also the longest passenger aircraft glide without engines, gliding for nearly 75 miles or 120 km. Following this unusual aviation accident, this aircraft was nicknamed the
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Air Transat Flight 236
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 due to a fuel leak caused by improper maintenance. Captain Robert Piché, 48, an experienced glider pilot, and First Officer Dirk de Jager, 28, glided the plane to a successful emergency landing in the Azores, saving all 306 people (293 passengers and 13 crew) on board. Most of the passengers on the flight were Canadians visiting Europe or Portuguese expatriates returning to visit family in Portugal. This was also the longest passenger aircraft glide without engines, gliding for nearly 75 miles or 120 km. Following this unusual aviation accident, this aircraft was nicknamed the
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Air Transat Flight 236 was a t ...... nicknamed the "Azores Glider"
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Air Transat Penerbangan 236 ad ...... da di tengah Samudra Atlantik.
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Awaryjne lądowanie lotu Air Tr ...... niekontrolowany wyciek paliwa.
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El 24 de agosto de 2001, el vu ...... ). No hubo víctimas mortales.
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El vol 236 d'Air Transat fou u ...... Portugal a visitar la família.
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Em 24 de agosto de 2001 o voo ...... ra visitarem as suas famílias.
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Il volo Air Transat 236 era un ...... di volo feriti in modo lieve.
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Le vol 236 de la compagnie can ...... ors de l'évacuation d'urgence.
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Let Air Transat 236 byl pravid ...... se ukázala hrubá chyba údržby.
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Инцидент с A330 над Атлантикой ...... но 18 из них получили ранения.
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TRANSAT 236 HEAVY
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C-GITS, the Airbus A330 involved in the incident, seen in 1999
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Flight 236's departure, original destination, and ultimate destination
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2001-08-24
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Air Transat Flight 236
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Accident
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C-GITS
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Fuel exhaustion caused by fuel leak due to improper maintenance
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Air Transat Flight 236 was a t ...... is aircraft was nicknamed the
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Air Transat Penerbangan 236 ad ...... da di tengah Samudra Atlantik.
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Awaryjne lądowanie lotu Air Tr ...... niekontrolowany wyciek paliwa.
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El 24 de agosto de 2001, el vu ...... una compañía aérea de Canadá.
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El vol 236 d'Air Transat fou u ...... Portugal a visitar la família.
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Em 24 de agosto de 2001 o voo ...... ra visitarem as suas famílias.
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Il volo Air Transat 236 era un ...... di volo feriti in modo lieve.
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Le vol 236 de la compagnie can ...... ors de l'évacuation d'urgence.
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Let Air Transat 236 byl pravid ...... se ukázala hrubá chyba údržby.
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Инцидент с A330 над Атлантикой ...... но 18 из них получили ранения.
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Air Transat Flight 236
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Air Transat Penerbangan 236
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Air Transat-vlucht 236
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Air-Transat-Flug 236
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Awaryjne lądowanie lotu Air Transat 236
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Let Air Transat 236
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Vol 236 d'Air Transat
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Vol Air Transat 236
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Volo Air Transat 236
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Voo Air Transat 236
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