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C-GAUN from another angle. Air Canada Flight 143, commonly known as the Gimli Glider, was a Canadian scheduled domestic passenger flight between Montreal and Edmonton that ran out of fuel on Saturday, July 23, 1983, [ 1 ] at an altitude of 41,000 feet (12,500 m), midway through the flight. The flight crew successfully glided the Boeing 767 to ...
February 20, 1995. (1995-02-20) (first broadcast) Falling from the Sky: Flight 174 (also known as Freefall: Flight 174) is a 1995 Canadian thriller film directed by Jorge Montesi. Based on the events of Air Canada Flight 143, the film stars William Devane, Scott Hylands, Shelley Hack and Mariette Hartley. Set in 1983, the film follows the crew ...
Pages in category "Air Canada accidents and incidents". The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. Air Canada Flight 189. Air Canada Flight 621. Air Canada Flight 624.
Air Canada Flight 759. On July 7, 2017, an Airbus A320-211 operating as Air Canada Flight 759 was nearly involved in an accident at San Francisco International Airport in San Mateo County, California, United States. The flight, which originated at Toronto Pearson International Airport, had been cleared by air traffic control to land on runway ...
Flight 143. Flight 143 may refer to: Listed chronologically. Air Canada Flight 143, also known as the "Gimli Glider", made an emergency landing after running out of fuel on 22 July 1983. Philippine Airlines Flight 143, exploded prior to take-off on 11 May 1990.
Air Canada Flight 621. Air Canada Flight 621 was an Air Canada Douglas DC-8, registered as CF-TIW, that crashed on July 5, 1970, while attempting to land at Toronto International Airport. It was flying on a Montreal – Toronto – Los Angeles route. [2] It crashed in Toronto Gore Township, now part of Brampton.
Air Canada Flight 624[1][2][3] was a scheduled Canadian domestic passenger flight from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport in Halifax, Nova Scotia. During heavy snow and poor visibility, at 00:43 ADT (03:43 UTC) on 29 March 2015, the Airbus A320-211 landed short of the runway and was severely damaged ...
At the time of the incident the aircraft had accumulated 25,476 hours of flight time. [2] The aircraft was registered CF-TLV and was the 289th DC-9 built at the Long Beach assembly plant. [ citation needed ] The 32 series was a stretched version of the DC-9 that was 15 feet (4.6 m) longer than the original series 10.