Tag: dual engine failure
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Today in 1983: One Tiny Fuel Calculation Error Shut Down Both Engines at 41,000 Feet – How the “Gimli Glider” Saved All 69 on Board
On July 23, 1983, Air Canada Flight 143 turned what should have been one of aviation’s deadliest disasters into one of its greatest survival stories. The Boeing 767-200, carrying 61 passengers and eight crew members, departed Montreal for Edmonton with a scheduled stop in Ottawa. What nobody on board realized was that the aircraft had…
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Mysterious Vibration, Fractured Fuel Tube and Damaged Generator – What Led to Both Engines Flaming Out Before the NetJets Highway Crash – NTSB Report Details
A mysterious vibration. A strange humming noise. Then one warning after another. Minutes later, both engines were dead and a private jet was gliding through the darkness toward a busy Texas highway. The NTSB’s preliminary investigation into the June 16, 2026, NetJets crash in Laredo, Texas, is now revealing a disturbing chain of mechanical events…
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Hero Pilot Recounts Crash Landing, Rescue In Atlantic Ocean: “My First Thought Was, ‘We Didn’t Die’”
The pilot credited with saving the lives of 10 passengers on board a small plane after it crash landed about 50 nautical miles off the east coast of Florida told CBS News he lost both engines, all communication and avionics in the lead-up to the crash. “Basically, lost my navigation, all radios — flying over…
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