Air Transat Flight 236 · Lajes Airport
On August 24, 2001, Air Transat Flight 236 (Lajes Airport). No one was seriously hurt.
- Date
- August 24, 2001
- Place
- Lajes Airport
- Operator
- Air Transat
- Killed
- 0
- Injured
- 18
- Position
- 42.733°N, 23.083°W
- Wikidata ID
- Q406609
From Wikipedia
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 in the dark on August 24, 2001. The Airbus A330 ran out of fuel because of a fuel leak caused by improper maintenance. Captain Robert Piché, 48, and First Officer Dirk DeJager, 28, glided the plane to a successful emergency landing in the Azores, saving the lives of all 306 people (293 passengers and 13 crew) on board. This was also the longest passenger aircraft glide without engines, gliding for nearly 65 nautical miles (120 km; 75 mi). Following this unusual aviation accident, this aircraft was nicknamed the "Azores Glider".
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