Mayday
Season 5 Episode 6 - Gimli Glider (Air Canada Flight 143)
8.2 ?
2003
Documentary, Drama, Crime
A Boeing 767-200 jet, Air Canada Flight 143, ran completely out of fuel at 41,000 feet (12,000m) altitude, about halfway through its flight from Montreal to Edmonton. The crew was able to glide the aircraft safely to an emergency landing at Gimli Industrial Park Airport, a former airbase at Gimli, Manitoba.
Episodes in Season 5
1
Explosive Evidence (Air India Flight 182)
45 min
2
Behind Closed Doors (American Airlines Flight 96 and Turkish Airlines Flight 981)
45 min
3
Southern Storm (Southern Airways Flight 242)
45 min
4
Dead Weight (Air Midwest Flight 5481)
45 min
5
Invisible Killer (Delta Air Lines Flight 191)
45 min
6
Gimli Glider (Air Canada Flight 143)
45 min
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7
Fanning the Flames (South African Airways Flight 295)
45 min
8
Fatal Distraction (Eastern Airlines Flight 401)
45 min
9
Mixed Signals (Birgenair Flight 301)
45 min
10
Phantom Strike (Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907)
45 min
