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    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...
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    Air Transat is a Canadian airline based in Montreal, Quebec. Founded in 1986, it operates scheduled and charter flights serving 60 destinations in 25...
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    pilot. On August 24, 2001, he was captain of the Airbus A330 flying Air Transat Flight 236 and managed to land the aircraft safely in the Azores after it lost...
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    Airlines Flight 961 2000: Hapag-Lloyd Flight 3378 2001: Air Transat Flight 236, also known as the Azores Glider incident 2004: Pinnacle Airlines Flight 3701...
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    Airways Flight 38, a Boeing 777 that lost engine power shortly before a 2008 crash-landing at London Heathrow Airport Air Transat Flight 236, an Airbus...
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    non-purpose-built aircraft (this record has also been held by Air Canada Flight 143 in 1983 and Air Transat Flight 236 in 2001). One of the passengers, Betty Tootell...
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  • airline pilot who successfully landed Air Transat Flight 236 in the Azores after the plane lost engine power mid-air. The film stars Michel Côté as Piché...
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    aircraft was damaged beyond repair. Gimli Glider Air Transat Flight 236 Aeroflot Flight 366 Aviastar-TU Flight 1906 "ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev Tu-204-100...
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    Lanka, by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. On 24 August 2001, Air Transat Flight 236, an Airbus A330-243 registered as C-GITS, developed a fuel leak...
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  • Airlines Flight 16, a Boeing 767, crash lands after the landing gear failed to deploy at Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport. Air Transat Flight 236 ran out...
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  • produced by Cineflix that recounts air crashes, near-crashes, fires, hijackings, bombings, and other mainly flight-related disasters and crises. It reveals...
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  • airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Lajes Airport: On August 24, 2001, Air Transat Flight 236 suffered from fuel exhaustion over the Atlantic...
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  • commercial airline flights that were forced to glide at some point while in the air. "What happens if all the planes engines fail in the air?". Archived from...
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  • take-off configuration. All 10 people on board are killed. August 24 – Air Transat Flight 236, an Airbus A330, makes an emergency landing in the Azores after...
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    flameout. 22 out of the 85 occupants survived the crash-landing. Air Transat Flight 236, an Airbus A330-243 which successfully executed an emergency landing...
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    the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2012. "Air Transat Flight 236 emergency landing". Aviation-Safety.net. Retrieved 19 February 2012...
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    Lajes Field (redirect from Lajes Air Base)
    crashed into a hill killing all 7 on board. On 24 August 2001, Air Transat Flight 236 – an Airbus A330 with 293 passengers and 13 crew members on board...
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  • a Canadian airline pilot, captain of the emergency landing of Air Transat Flight 236 in the Azores in 2001 Ron Piché (born 1935), former Major League...
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  • depletion, resulting in a deadstick landing in Vienna. Air Transat Flight 236, 24 August 2001: An Air Transat Airbus A330 ran out of fuel while flying across...
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  • (RFID) human implantation tested in the United Kingdom. 2001 – Air Transat Flight 236 loses all engine power over the Atlantic Ocean, forcing the pilots...
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  • minutes flying above 96,000 feet (29,000 meters). August 24 – Air Transat Flight 236, an Airbus A330-243 flying from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to Lisbon...
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  • airline pilot who successfully landed Air Transat Flight 236 in the Azores after the plane lost engine power mid-air Portrait of the Fighter as a Young Man...
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    emergency landing at Honolulu International Airport. More recently, Air Transat Flight 236, an Airbus A330, ran out of fuel over the Atlantic Ocean on August...
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    2001, Terceira made the news as Air Transat Flight 236 managed to land at Lajes Field after running out of fuel in mid-air. On 16 March 2003, President of...
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    August 2001, Air Transat Flight 236 suffered a fuel leak while crossing the Atlantic Ocean and lost its fuel. The aircraft glided safely to an air base in...
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  • and Communications. Portugal portal Aviation portal Rail portal Air Transat Flight 236 "Contactos Archived June 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine." Gabinete...
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  • flight using Boeing 747SPs, making Iran Air the second Middle Eastern carrier (after El Al), to offer non-stop service to New York. With this flight,...
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  • after running out of fuel on Air Transat Flight 236. (2001) Northwest Airlines – The crew of Northwest Airlines Flight 85, Senior Captain John Hanson...
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  • services only; it started flight operations in its own right in August 1972 with a six-seater Piper PA-31 Navajo aircraft leased from Air Madagascar, connecting...
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  • Air Canada Flight 189 C-GAUN Boeing 767-233 Gimli Glider C-GITS Airbus A330-243 Air Transat Flight 236 C-GMXQ Douglas DC-8-61 Nigeria Airways Flight 2120...
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