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Old May 4th 05, 12:36 PM
Andrew Warbrick
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At 11:30 04 May 2005, Bruce Hoult wrote:
In article ,
'COLIN LAMB' wrote:

Years ago a large Canadian 4 engine jet used an abandoned
airfield to make a
successful landing after it ran out of fuel. Look
up 'Gimli Glider' for a
marvelous story.


That would be a twin engine jet :-)

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Hoult | 174.8263E | /\ here. | ----------O----------

Erm, well, at the time it was a no engine glider
Sorry, couldn't resist.

There was another similar incident in 2001 where a
transatlantic flight ended up doing a 100k final glide
into a small island.