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The 767 was still a very new aircraft, having flown its maiden flight in September 1981. C-GAUN was the 47th Boeing 767 off the production line and had been delivered to Air Canada fewer than four months prior to this flight. In that time, 55 changes had been made to the MMEL, and some pages were blank pending development of procedures.
Air Canada Flight 143 ("Gimli Glider") Boeing 767-233 Gimli, Manitoba, Canada: ... Boeing 767-222 Over the Arapahoe National Forest west of Denver, Colorado:
The 'Gimli Glider' taxiing at San Francisco International - the 767 wore the nickname of the Air Canada aircraft that was involved in a notable aviation incident. On 23 July 1983, Air Canada Flight 143, a Boeing 767-200 jet, ran completely out of fuel at 26,000 feet (7,920 m) altitude, about halfway through its flight from Montreal to Edmonton ...
Fortunately, a ram air turbine kicks in, restoring instruments, communications, and limited hydraulic power. In a stroke of good fortune, Captain Pearson is a former glider pilot who has performed many deadstick landings. Quintal remembers there is a closer, unused airfield in Gimli and the crew decides to land there instead of Winnipeg.
In 1983, the airport became famous when a Boeing 767 (C-GAUN) of Air Canada ran out of fuel over southern Manitoba and successfully glided to a landing at Gimli Motorsports Park. There were no serious injuries. The aircraft in the incident became popularly referred to as the Gimli Glider. [3]
Gimli Motorsport Park was the site of the infamous Gimli Glider incident in 1983, an aviation accident in which Air Canada Flight 143, a Boeing 767, ran out of fuel midflight and emergency-landed on the former runway, then operating as the race track during a Formula Ford race. There were no serious injuries reported, and the plane suffered ...