That Time a Passenger Loaded Boeing 767 Ran Out of Fuel Mid Flight

[@TodayIFoundOut]

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[@shewolfsiren]

Today I Found Out I thought this video was going to be about the Miracle On The Hudson.

[@ronaldscherrer2033]

Because they don't have balls

[@jimmercarter9052]

at least it can properly measure my controlled substances in grams

[@sagesheahan6732]

So, here in Minnesota, we have a racetrack at Brainerd called the BIR. It also serves as an emergency landing strip, but not for large airliners like this. Single engine planes and such. But, learning about this? A passenger air liner making that kind of landing? That makes two miracle landings I know of. An in either case, The Hudson or Gimi, both pilots were true, honest to god pilots. You can train and prepare all you like. Being able to literally fly on the seat of your pants and save not just yourself but all those onboard, to be able to determine the best course of action in the middle of a desperate crisis... THAT is what makes a great pilot. To be able to roll with the punches, no matter what happens in flight.

[@pandorasbox4238]

This was an amazing story!!

[@vm_duc]

*years later* Interviewer: What have you accomplised over the years as a pilot? Pearson: I drifted a Boeing 767

[@SavageGreywolf]

Fun fact, the Gimli Glider happened in 1983, 16 years before the recording of "Deja Vu" by Italian eurobeat artist Dave Rodgers. However, despite this, the song was still audible from the ground as the plane was landing, at a volume of 120 decibels.

[@aaronseet2738]

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[@goodccvoid]

I understand ur joke but the real one is called slip slide

[@kravgirl7]

Dam proud of you Mr. Pearson.

[@igortolstov487]

Plane went nose down because of the weight of pilot's gigantic steel balls.

[@arsalan2231]

condensed star core*

[@balalaika7088]

that man has bigger balls then even the heroic legend of you. gieve that man some credit arsalan senki.

[@matthewhowell8429]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@davecrupel2817]

lol

[@Ebi1074]

Titanium*

[@ThoolooExpress]

You didn't mention the craziest part. The friction of the nose of the plane on the runway started a fire, and the pilot went down the slide with a fire extinguisher and put it out.

[@SamuelKristopher]

That pilot is a fucking boss.

[@walkmanamtc]

And since there were car races going on, people on the ground ran up with fire extinguishers, too. Pilots were Level 10 Bosses, the people who ran *towards* a crashed plane (not knowing there was no fuel to explode) were bosses - the whole thing was nucking futs. Textbook bravery and heroism.

[@DFX2KX]

not sure if they where bosses for running toward a burning aircraft, or lunatics... maybe a little of both.

[@bismarck1054]

+d walkman And the plane managed to stop before hitting some kids who were pedaling down the strip

[@walkmanamtc]

And it was coming in silent. Imagine the kids when they looked back and saw that!

[@SolZaer]

Gets out of the plane "I heard there was BBQ."

[@Ektalon]

In Gimli, it’s more like plokkfiskur and vinarterta . . .

[@janaburritt6939]

Hehehehe 😂

[@LukeRanieri]

Amazing well told! As a pilot, I loved the story and was thrilled from beginning to end. So you know, 32L is pronounced “three-two-left” and 32R is pronounced “three-two-right.” The number is the compass direction minus the zero, so runway 32 is aligned nearly to 320° (northwest). Parallel runways are labeled “left” and “right” respectively. Thanks for your wonderful video!

[@camperben]

I always wondered what the number meant...thx

[@jakobole]

Right on

[@thebonesaw..4634]

@@jakobole -- No, he landed 32 *Left...* not Right. Sheesh... pay attention.

[@Nomadic-canadian]

I am a private pilot. I loved that you posted this.

[@eno88]

This, and the fact he said "tarmac". Grr...

[@sumit_john]

Note, an aircraft with non functioning engines are dead silent. Just the sound of the air flow over the fuselage and wings. It must have been a sight to see a massive plane flowing so gracefully,

[@northernsun6003]

That must have been amazingly eerie for the crew and passengers.

[@errorist3716]

Imagine what it would be for the people on the ground. Hundreds of tons of metal gliding towards you without a sound.

[@northernsun6003]

errorist Well, until it hits the ground. Then there's explosive squealing and a rush of wind, immediately followed by a 300 ft showers of sparks and a wall of metal-on-pavement sound. But yeah, weird.

[@ivodozi]

Sumit John if I looked up and saw this, my first reaction would have been "cleaver girl", then run like hell.

[@NathanSempiedade]

If it doesn't have fuel it doesn't explode

[@sharpuslf]

After the crash many pilots tried to duplicate the "forward slip" in a simulator....every single one of them crashed. The pilot is a hero.

[@thephantom1492]

And has been demolished by the press for the math issue...

[@bomcabedal]

I always find that weird. Can't you be both? A brilliant pilot but a bit rubbish at unit conversions (provided you know units need to be converted, of course)?

[@thephantom1492]

Bom Cabedal Technically, the press was right, the pilot made a massive mistake by screwing up the math and not having enought fuel. That shouln't have happened, so he endangered the life of the passengers, and the people on ground. However, he wasn't alone to do the same exact mistake, his copilot did the same mistake and the refueling crew did the same mistake too, so obiviously something else was the problem. A simple cheat sheet table would have prevented this issue.. A simple table that have the value in lb, kg, gallon and liter... Even if they don't have the exact amount, it would have told them if the math was sane. In this case, they would have checked the table and see that the numbers they have is twice what the table say... They had X lbs of fuel, they only had to check the table for around X lbs and see what the liter column say... Sadly, I don't think that such table exists in the airplane or on the ground... Fortunatelly, this issue seems to be a thing of the past.

[@ABW941]

He is a great pilot for sure, but maybe the Simulator is less forgiving than reality ;-)

[@rodpolivka4119]

sharpuslf

[@danodden9783]

Now those are some hella skilled pilots.

[@Jerseybytes2]

In the off chance you read my comment, please check the Federal Express Flight 705 story. that is another amazing story of incredibly skilled pilots

[@gst013]

Though not so much at the math part of their job...

[@dylanfrederick1273]

I’m a student pilot and I love the amount of accuracy this video had. The forward slip, the RAM air turbine, and the loss of control authority when the plane slowed was just spot on. I love your videos. Keep up the good work!

[@heronimousbrapson863]

If this had happened in the US on an American airline involving an American crew, a motion picture of it would have been made starring Tom Hanks.

[@oldarpanet]

I saw this story years ago, it was a made-for-TV-movie. Can't recall the name, but I'd love to see it again!

[@General12th]

As it should be, for that is the American way.

[@k364k364]

@@oldarpanet - Movie was "Falling from the Sky: Flight 174"

[@oldarpanet]

@@k364k364 thank you, sir!

[@animehuntress9018]

@@k364k364 available on Amazon Prime if you've got it.

[@pickelsvonbrine]

The Gimli Glider. One of he most amazing tales of amazing heroism, elite skills and shear luck. Still gives me chills thinking about it. The captain was one hell of a pilot.

[@machintelligence]

If I remember correctly, they were able to refuel and repair the plane and fly it to an airport to be fully repaired. It was recently retired from service.

[@pickelsvonbrine]

That is correct.

[@Arterexius]

that just makes it even more amazingly landed!

[@pickelsvonbrine]

Indeed. Just the fact he did a side slip to land such a large airplane is incredible.

[@NetRolller3D]

Nathan Carr Forward slip.

[@scottrc5776]

Full respect to those pilots

[@ravendrapratama372]

Fuel Respect To Those Pilots*

[@jsd4574]

ravendra pratama No... just no

[@memegodmemes6082]

ravendra pratama Full respect to those pilots.*

[@williamjust]

There seems to be a common theme with these accidents. When something goes horrendously wrong but people survive: pilots had extensive experience of flying different aircraft in various situations, especially military. When something goes slightly wrong and the plane crashes killing everyone: pilots have commercial training but mostly rely on the autopilot.

[@borkingdoggouwuuwuw]

MemeGod Memes Went right over your head

[@citywitt3202]

I performed a forward slip in a Cessna 150, and it scared the shit out of me… Just the thought of doing it in a fucking Boeing 767 is enough to give me nightmares. That man deserves a medal!

[@rcbif101]

It is defiantly an unnerving maneuver at first.....nothing like seeing your airspeed indicator drop to zero while viewing the runway out the side of the aircraft...

[@heartoffire8481]

definitely* not 'defiantly' ..so fucking tired of seeing this

[@rcbif101]

Can I get you a tissue?

[@antreasgeorgiou1411]

Richard Hyman Not terrifying at all if you are a glider pilot

[@Φωτό-ρ7π]

@@heartoffire8481 not a harvard english student nor beowulf literature teacher - muramasa senji of shirou typemoon adapted to grammar centurion courtesy of polymathy and monty python

[@512TheWolf512]

i can't even imagine the horror and then the amazement of all the kids on the ground on that day that's something nobody of them will ever see again, ever

[@twistedyogert]

"Now I've seen everything."

[@wizardmix]

I have an actual piece of this 767’s fuselage in the form of a key fob. I take it with me whenever I travel as a good luck charm. They call it the “Gimli Glider”

[@Minalkra]

@Fhgffufufhffjg Only if it didn't land successfully.

[@galaxysurfer]

@Fhgffufufhffjg ' 'Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing'' (An old saying, apparently!)

[@Devil501]

Ive got one myself on my Flight Bag!! They are good luck in the aviation world!!

[@riggingengineer]

@@galaxysurfer And any landing where you can fly the plane again immediately is a perfect one! :)

[@TraceUK]

Same here! It’s my prize possession!

[@MAlanThomasII]

You left out the part where the van carrying engineers going to inspect the damage _also_ ran out of fuel.

[@darktrexcz]

M. Alan Thomas II hahaha wow, what are the chances

[@bigdickpornsuperstar]

LOL! So... is that irony or evidence of systemic incompetence?

[@MAlanThomasII]

Irony. Possibly people also being in a hurry because something bizarre and amazing has occurred and forgetting to check how much fuel was in the van. :P

[@yoavmor9002]

THEORY! The universe was just messing with those people, that explains the huge amount of councidences and the fact that no one got heart.

[@carolynmmitchell2240]

Yoav Mor got heart? they died?

[@cameronmcallister7606]

Wow, that is the most fortunate group of passengers ever! "WE'RE GOIN' DOWN! But don't worry, because our pilot does this shit daily"

[@romnium162]

"oh no captain !,our ship doesn't have any fuel left and the destination is still far away what do we do ?" "Hold my beer"

[@QuiranPup]

like a glider, that thing would be quiet, you see it at last minute, as it has no lighs. i can just imagine these people go WTF is this, a fucking quiet airplane out of bloody nowhere. I would be so confused.

[@prylosecorsomething3194]

that must have been a show

[@chikennuget3634]

that would be fucking scary. imagine just barbequing meat and chilling and suddenly a big ass plane is making no noise at all and is really close to the ground

[@instinctual777]

PigeonGaming fuck you

[@cyclone19692000]

1 day out everyone that was there over a certain age WOULD not forget

[@KlaxontheImpailr]

I almost wish I was there to see it

[@Stratocoaster08]

Pilot: *Exits Plane - Sees spectators* "...Sorry aboot that, eh!"

[@keithhenson1980]

Nah, he said "just couldn't resist the smell of that BBQ..."

[@bigvideoenergy]

It was a Canadian runway they were on. They apologized to the pilot lmao

[@golvic1436]

A good landing is one you walk away from. A great landing is when you can use the plane again after. Solidly good landing.

[@aaron69av]

I have a piece of the plane. Sad it was deconstructed, but love the history

[@SaturnCanuck]

They called her The Gimly Glider. Also,the plane was repaired and put back in service.

[@StormsparkPegasus]

The funny thing, after the incident they had many different pilots try to repeat the emergency landing in simulators. None of them were ever able to do it, and the simulations always ended with the death of everyone on the plane. The right guy was definitely in the right place at the right time. It's really not common for commercial airline pilots to be experienced glider pilots.

[@wyattroncin941]

David Townend It's spelt Gimli, but yeah, that plane lived to fly again.

[@Henchman1977]

Air Canada only retired the plane in 2008.

[@SaturnCanuck]

Yes I know. And sadly they scrapped her.

[@Vincent_Sullivan]

The same thing was done after the crash of United Flight 232 and again, no other pilots could successfully land the plane in the simulator.

[@Ben-wo9ne]

Typical, passengers survive a plane crash with no engines yet fall of the evacuation slides on the way out of the air plane. Great job humanity, you really nailed it

[@smith7602]

The front landing gear had totally collapsed so the plane's rear end was sticking up way high. The cabin was also filling with smoke. In truth, the danger of fire was quite low. Some insulation in the nose of the plane was simply smoldering from having been scraped across the ground from the landing. Any chance of fire was quickly dispatched by the pilots who waited until after everyone else had left to disembark themselves and have a go at the nose section with a fire extinguisher. A week prior though, an American plane made a successful emergency landing but many people lost their lives as a fire had broken out while they were still evacuating. With this knowledge the Gimli Glider passengers and flight attendants at the rear of the plane decided it best to take their chance with the 5 or so foot fall from the rear slide.

[@dylanmilne6683]

You didn't mention much of the aftermath: The captain was demoted for six months and the co-pilot suspended for two weeks following an internal investigation which blmed them for allowing the incident to happen! On the first flight following their appeals to suspension the pilots noticed their plane was the same one as from the incident, which had flown out of Gimli two days after it landed. The aircraft last flew in 2008 and has now unfortunately been 'dismantled'.

[@RealSetAName]

that happends on every crash landing btw

[@gracethomas5234]

I saw this story on Mayday and as a glider and power pilot this is one of my favorite stories. It shows such great decision making by the pilots and had such a good outcome. If I'm ever in trouble in the air this is the sort of way I hope to handle it.

[@SiVlog1989]

Amazing story, incredible skill and professionalism from the crew. The fact that the aircrew brought the aircraft to a safe emergency landing is truly remarkable

[@davidsutton6106]

"Gimli Glider" became the official name of the plane after the incident. Regretfully it took a while for Air Canada to recognize just how fantastic a job the pilot and crew had done, they instead tried to pin the blame on them. (As the crew pointed out the manuals on the aircraft had several "blank pages" as everything that happened to them was considered "not possible".) Since then many a simulator with the airlines challenges Professional pilots how to land in just such a situation. As the tales go for decades it's still "impossible to land without crashing".

[@lordjaraxxus5418]

It technically did crash into a guard rail... which helped the plane stop... along with the broken nose gear.

[@thecaptain6148]

I've tried slideslipping in a flight simulator before, and it's absolutely terrifying.

[@malnutritionboy]

The Captain not

[@thomaswilliams6869]

Melting Clocks well played

[@fethahed3070]

I've sideslipped a T-31 glider, for real, safe as houses

[@Bartonovich52]

I've sideslipped planes from tiny ultralights to light twin engine aircraft. Not terrifying at all if it's done right... but it sure gives you a good sink rate.

[@thecaptain6148]

Bartonovich52 Well, you can be sure I didn't do it right! I'm not a trained pilot by any means, just have fun in simulators every once in a while.

[@aegis645]

That guy is a historical badass. Sully, you have an equal. Too bad he isn't widely recognized.

[@MikhaelAhava]

What?

[@chipsachoy99]

MiguelPmpM sully sullenberger

[@aegis645]

Miracle on the Hudson, the movie Sully (w/ Tom Hanks), guy who landed a broken plane on the hudson river saving all passengers.

[@OrangeAviationPlanespotting]

The pilot is not widely recognized because he is a Canadian

[@grezgorztube]

He's more like Denzel Washington's character from that movie "Flight." He made a big mistake, but he was an awesome enough pilot that he was able to save people in the end.

[@Magicstockton]

So let me get this right... these triple OG’s drifted a plane mid air?

[@bclt4705]

Yes

[@artyjaycayairlines]

No, of course not!!! No one has drifted mid-air!

[@chriscostello117]

Did you watch the vid or do you need your hand held?

[@LordBaldur]

Kind of. Basically what he did was that he banked the plane to the left and moved the rudder to the right. What this does is that the side of the plane is now what's hitting the air they're flying through causing more drag while losing airspeed and altitude. It's common in smaller planes, but never a large airliner like a 767.

[@slendii366]

@@artyjaycayairlines technically yes, a side slip is literally a mid air drift

[@Special_Tactics_Force_Unit]

Simon without a beard is something else

[@GaryCameron780]

Had Pearson not been a former Air Force pilot he wouldn't have known he could land at Gimli. His Air Force training also came into play landing the plane.

[@conorcorrigan765]

It was actually the co-pilot who had trained a Gimili, but yes, you are correct!

[@carbon1255]

Pilot not flying. Co-pilot implies he was not fully qualified to fly.

[@conorcorrigan765]

Carbon 12 What? No it doesn't...

[@carbon1255]

Conor Corrigan Political correctness in air travel now :P

[@conorcorrigan765]

Carbon 12 Lol

[@andrewhumphreys9020]

Well if i had to choose my pilot..

[@prylosecorsomething3194]

exactly

[@Zylonity]

I would chose Osama bin larden

[@spiral-blades752]

And i would fly with you...(Hey no judging)

[@techmedia1360]

the pilot was part of the reason this jacked up because he couldn't convert units.

[@arthur.s]

Tech Media [MGTOW] Mate it was the ground crew fueling the plane that screwed it up.

[@RamLaska]

Dude, you really did your homework! Kudos! Only 61 passengers on a 767? Man, that was the 80s. Now you're crammed in like sardines.

[@MikhaelAhava]

Heard of connecting flights?

[@likemeordont5951]

Great story and even better storyteller! I found myself holding my breath as if it was playing out in front of me. I subscribed long ago but I just decided to binge watch your videos throughout my day today and probably tomorrow as well.

[@ransom182]

Captain Pearson is a damn fine pilot and a true Canadian hero.

[@berni8k]

Sounds a lot like a typical landing in kerbal space program. Everything goes completely not to plan, the approach to the strip is all wrong, the entire landing is wobbling and bouncing around as the plane falls apart but in the end everyone is alive.

[@riccardoorlando2262]

Or, in the end all that is left is a puff of smoke and a long list of "part X exploded due to collision".

[@berni8k]

Riccardo Orlando Yeah also tends to happen

[@lockstocknl]

"in the end everyone is alive." Pfff, tell that to Jeb...

[@aeromanpanoias2222]

Guys I made an a380 land

[@CorkySchillinger]

I had to share this on my Facebook. I didn't think you folks would mind. This is an amazing story!

[@TodayIFoundOut]

+Corky Schillinger The more the merrier. :-) We're a relatively new channel so that sort of thing helps us out immensely and makes sure we can keep doing this long term. :-)

[@RyuTakeru]

Corky Schillinger Ur damm right it is, feeling better already :)

[@samsawesomeminecraft]

Facebook doesn't give KZbinrs views or pay them for monetization

[@tedtheobald2588]

I was living in Winnipeg Beach just south of Gimli, drinking a beer on my deck during a hot summers day, when much to my surprise a very large, eerily silent, huge plane came over head. I decided that a:) I had too much to drink or b:) not enough! I got another beer.

[@GenericInternetter]

Ted Theobald cool story eh

[@jovanweismiller7114]

How very Canadian! LOL!

[@CanuckGod]

I would have been 5 at the time, so it probably wouldn't have been a great idea for me to drink beer. Growing up in Winnipeg, I had heard about the plane, but never knew the full details, that pilot had cojones... and you got more beer; good times for all :)

[@fordtechchris]

Define a hot day in Canada?

[@tsovloj6510]

Winnipeg's got a super swingy continental climate, a lot like we do here in MN. It's 90s and humid at the peak of summer, mosquitos everywhere. We're so far inland that both seasons are fairly extreme; there's no oceanic moderation of temperature whatsoever. You see similar stuff in north-central Asia, I understand.

[@tommarquez7249]

Holy shit!!!! It's Simon Whistler without a beard or glasses!!!! Wow I've never seen this video. Thanks to the recommendations I now know what you look like without a beard dude! That's trippy! Love the work man. All the channels too.

[@morganahoff2242]

You covered that story really well. It was a real challenge to present all the pertinent information concisely, and you managed to do it.

[@PikaPetey]

what an AMAZING story

[@Handle_gravel]

Not expecting you here, I guess it's a small world.

[@jonasrugebregt343]

Lol yeah

[@kd1s]

Yeah it's amazing. But it was the training and experience of the pilot that got all those people safely on the ground.

[@georgeapplegate3535]

+kd1s But of course the pilot was blamed for all this and lost his license.

[@Seriously_Unserious]

Yeah, I remember my dad telling me about it as a kid. Also, the TV show Mayday did a full episode on it, that plane was named "The Gimley Glder and was in active service for about 20 years after that. I think CBC also did a made for TV movie about it too. That's actually 1 of 3 glide landings featured on Mayday, one other being a Columbian airline (TACA Airlines) landing a brand new Boeing that lost both engines to a massive hailstorm while approaching New Orleans for landing and they had to land on a levee (located on a NASA facility ironically enough), and the other was an Airbus on a cross Atlantic flight from North America to Europe and they lost their engines due to a fuel leak robbing them of fuel. They managed to land on an island airport in the middle of the Atlantic. In all 3 cases there were no fatalities and only minor injuries. The TACA flight had no injuries at all and one engine was repaired and the other replaced, then the plane was moved to the airport by test pilots actually taking off from the levee and flying it the rest of the way to New Orleans airport.

[@roddydykes7053]

Absolutely insane how much fuel each flight each plane uses

[@video2k007]

Actually if you break it down to the amount used per passenger and kilometer its not that much anymore

[@video2k007]

Actually, the 767-200 - if fully seated - uses 2.99 l/100 km (or 79 mpg). (see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_economy_in_aircraft#Medium_haul)

[@Hurricane50]

In pretty much all cases it's actually more fuel efficient per unit of distance than cars fir the amount of passengers it carries when both are at full occupancy

[@TakeoFR]

A fully loaded car consumes less fuel per kilometer per person than a loaded plane though. At least an european car (fuel isn't cheep in the EU).

[@video2k007]

Yeah, that's correct. Would be interesting to know what the average number of people in a car is thought. Based on what i observe it does not end well for the cars. :) (And yes, I'm Austrian, so I know. At least it's not as bad as in Italy for example - poor guys down there :)

[@garyking4032]

Amazing. This pilot should be a household name.

[@awuma]

He was :-) This was in 1983.

[@oprahwinfrey878]

Like Stalin

[@mhamma6560]

Sully is a much different case -- Sully's plane was full of fuel and he lost power at ~500ft. He then made a perfect water landing sans hitting the "ditch" button that seals off all openings in the fuselage. He didn't make a math error on fuel either. Large aircraft have never made a successful water landing. Sully is still the only pilot to successfully make a water landing keeping the aircraft in one piece.

[@VS-q]

really? kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmTLk6aPedWYqtE

[@mhamma6560]

Great catch, I should have clarified with engines below the fuselage. Typically with such designs which virtually all modern airliners feature sans a very small few like MD8x, the danger is that an engine catches the water, aircraft spins, and until the 777 in SF, spins = fuselage breaking apart. Few instances of such dangers on youtube of below fuselage engines catching and spinning the aircraft (not just in water). Sully's flight was of specific importance as well because it was above max landing weight....it was nearly 3x the weight of the TU-124 that you mentioned, while having nearly the identical wing area (Sully A320 crash weight by his estimation was ~ 156,000lbs, wing area 1,330 sqft, speed at impact 125kts). The TU124 was out of fuel and estimated weight at crash was 58,000lbs with 1,284sqft wing area, and no yaw-inducing potential slung below the fuselage. For comparison, the F35 with full internal tanks weighs about 58,000lbs.

[@axiomist1076]

Oh I did. I loved it! I wish I had been on the plane. I would have given the pilot a standing ovation along with three "hip hip hoorays". It was great the way they were able to go "manual" when their systems started to fail. I had a ball listening to this story. BTW, you (the narrator) have a very fine delivery. Its a pleasure to listen to your stories in all these videos.

[@edism]

This is one of the finest examples of luck being a matter of _preparation meets opportunity_ I've ever come across. Thanks for the great upload!

[@Bill_Woo]

Except that the pilot was responsible for the crash, by negligently ordering the takeoff, when everyone around (including himself) was unmistakably confused and uncertain! Some people _cause their own luck_ :)

[@edism]

I agree, however since the conclusion you drew invalidates the exception you initially pointed out. What difference does the party responsible make once faced with such a situation? Apart from the _consequences faced thereafter_ :)

[@Bill_Woo]

The consequences were a parade thrown in the captain's honor. Suddenly, the South Park depiction of Canada makes perfect sense.

[@edism]

Further preparation?

[@Lemonidas75]

That pilot is a hero. Wow

[@ChrisCokeRobinson]

2:40 If youre talking bout a 767...DONT SHOW ME A 787

[@obamacarreviews1043]

simon wisly is trying to distract the size of planes you can land on his for head

[@romanr27]

1:40 is a Porter Q400 being refueled, smh

[@aliyusx]

I noticed too

[@Aviation380]

Yup I was going to comment that as well, anyone else also notice the Air Canada logo backwards at 5:05?

[@obamacarreviews1043]

+Aviation380 wtf is wrong with this guy

[@MrAwawe]

Uhhh... this is your pilot speaking, we have fun out of fuel. Uhhh... we're going in for an emergency landing.

[@huntercarter5426]

MrAwawe this wouldn't have even been a story if it was a Ryanair flight. Just a normal landing.

[@dougwhole6009]

even though I know this story, you added information that I was unaware of.....very well done, and what great story, he's a true professional and a hero.

[@dauntedear5]

Oops, sorry -Canada

[@101jir]

I saw this one on Air Disasters. Always awesome to hear stories of amazing flying skills.

[@susannahayres-thomas7185]

Wow! That was one superb handling of a potentially tragic situation. That pilot deserved a medal.

[@michaelrudy8744]

Susannah Ayres-Thomas and to get seriously, seriously laid.

[@ryanc00p3r3]

the first Boing 767 that drift in mid air. [Insert Eurobeat Music]

[@PerseusJPN]

DEJAVU

[@g0atlif319]

>>>I have been binge watching your channel for at least 6 weeks and this is the first time i felt like i was on the edge of my seat. amazing pilots and good delivery!

[@tapolna]

Wow! What an incredible story! This occurred in July 1983 and I never heard a word about it. Thank you very much.

[@mellindART]

I LOVED this story! Thank you for sharing it!

[@davidaware2366]

A Journey Through My Days you're welcome

[@dabig_guy2204]

I think if you truly want to examine the expertise of a flight crew you should investigate flight Air Transat 236. It was to fly from Toronto to Lisbon Portugal. The improper installation of a fuel valve which led to all the fuel having leaked out from all tanks while the aircraft is mid flight. At some 120 km from the land, still very much over the Atlantic the plane had run out of the fuel as both engines had flamed out. It is only through an amazing performance of both pilots and their cool headed approach they managed to glide this mammoth of an aircraft A330 to land at Azores and every living soul survived without any casualties. Now that is balls of steel

[@michaelyoung9128]

Hm...What you are ignoring is that the Gimli event led to the training of pilots in gliding techniques. Simulators were updated to allow for loss of all engines. The Transat pilots were probably well trained in how to glide an air liner.

[@mrifixplanes1813]

That is another instance of the flight crew being at least partly responsible for the total loss of fuel as per the official report. The fuel tanks on an airliner are designed to be kept separated and feed their own engine for the most part. The flight crew essentially opened a valve which connected the separated tanks and allowed all of the fuel in the fully functioning left tank to be pumped out of the hole in the right hand side. Had they successfully identified that there was indeed a fuel leak (excessively high fuel consumption) and closed the crossfeed valve again, the left engine would have ran perfectly fine for the time it took to reach an alternate airport, which is essentially the definition of ETOPS (Extended-range Twin-engine Operational Performance Standards). Though I don't disagree they performed a pretty outstanding glide to landing, one might like to re-consider their "expertise" this time ;-) aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20010824-1

[@matthewhudson7883]

Mr.I.fix.planes - Thank you for pointing that out. I saw that flight featured on an episode of 'Mayday/Aircraft Investigations' and when I saw it was the Captain's decision to equalize the tanks I felt it was idiocy on a grand scale.

[@JoaoMelo-vl4th]

Da biGuy, i read up on both incidents; the major difference is that base das Lages in Azores is a fully maintained and equipped military base with radar capabilities so they were able to provide a lot of information and help the pilot; in comparison to having to land an airplane in a decommissioned runway with no maintenance, full of civilians without help and only basic navigation instruments. This pilot should have been knighted and become an advocate for International Units System awareness :D

[@SatumainenOlento]

@@JoaoMelo-vl4th Yeah, when you need to use a ruler to figure out the distance and time to your airstrip it takes real skill and professionalism...Wow!

Amazing story from my new favorite youtube channel

[@TodayIFoundOut]

Thanks!

[@ChangingHorizons]

the incident was also televised in an episode of Air Crash Investigation/Mayday "The Gimli Glider". Just for your knowledge.

[@enargins]

I know, right? I love this channel -- as long as Simon's the one talking. Can't stand the other guy. But videos are great. I'm definitely addicted to them. :-)

[@michaelmartin9022]

They're retarded canacucks

[@richarddarlington1139]

"Math" is NOT a verb!

[@samtaplet6117]

This almost happened to my flight from Toronto to Edmonton on Air Canada. We pushed back from the gate and waited and waited. Finally the pilots told us that there was not enough fuel to make it to our destination. I was so thankful that they caught it, had they been tired or just lazy they could have missed it.

[@FNHaole]

Love your channels’ content, Simon. I read this story in a doctor’s office’s “Reader’s Digest” article over 35 years ago, and would often bring it up to friends. It’s nice to now have a well-produced presentation link to reference,

[@allanrichardson1468]

I viewed a documentary on cable a few years ago which I believe was set in the 1980s or 90s, in which an Air Canada flight across the Atlantic suffered loss of fuel due to a maintenance error (broken line, punctured tank, or something similar) and ran out of fuel, having to glide a significant distance to a Spanish air base in the Azores under similar circumstances. This aircraft also had a ram turbine, which had a generator, which became the only power for the minimum avionics needed to pilot the plane (I don't think the documentary mentioned hydraulics being lost; there may have been some backup system). In any event, they did manage to land safely on a Spanish military base with no injuries. I don't remember if it was before or after the events in this video. or how the gliding distance compared to this one. Surely it was pure coincidence that both of these were on Air Canada. Anyway, thrilling story, and thanks for the information and entertainment.

[@sintrabio]

There isn't and never was a Spanish air base in the Azores. The Azores are a region of Portugal since the islands were found in the 1400's. The is a U.S. air base there though as part of the NATO agreament.

[@allanrichardson1468]

José Pedro Santos You're right. I just remembered it was either the Azores or the Canaries. No way to look it up now. It may have been the Canary Islands. All I'm sure of is that it was in the middle of the Atlantic and the plane coasted close to an hour and glided to a landing.

[@ellenorbjornsdottir1166]

AT232 was Transat, not Trans-Canada.

[@ellenorbjornsdottir1166]

***** .-. obvs

[@captainCaybrew]

it was air transat

[@maujo2009]

Mayday - Air Crash investigation dramatized this accident in the episode titled "The Gimli Glider"

[@MAlanThomasII]

That's also the common name for the incident, used as the title at both Wikipedia and Damn Interesting.

[@maujo2009]

You can find it on KZbin also. I used this episode to teach my students the importance of unit conversions!

[@MikhaelAhava]

I remember seeing that on TV, I used to watch the series both TV and KZbin .

[@majorphysics3669]

Mau Jo I don't need a tv show. I live in Manitoba and frequent gimli. I knew what happened before the show even came out lol.

[@maujo2009]

Teren Essex Cool for you.

[@robniemeyer3832]

Probably one of the greatest events in avaiation. The flight crew of this aircraft are true heroes!

[@exile220ify]

What's "avaiation"? :)

[@Andreas918]

aviation refers to piloting an aircraft as far as I know. so you could re-word his sentence as "probably one of the greatest events in the history of aircraft piloting".

[@doylesinclair4499]

2nd greatest might be the pilot that did a barrel roll in a 747

[@Φωτό-ρ7π]

@@doylesinclair4499 whats the first greatest then?

[@SavageHungarian]

That was an awesome story! My grandfather served in that RCAF at the base in Gimli during the Korean War. Awesome!

[@Dingeraye1]

This is a pretty accurate and thorough explanation. The Captain and F/O did an excellent job. The Airline tried to screw them over, of course, but cooler heads prevailed and they both went on to finish their careers.

[@Bill_Woo]

The F/O, yes. The Captain - no. He caused the crash to begin with. One rogue gust of wind and he would have decapitated mothers and children, for a flight that he should never have taken off. The captain was very nearly a mass killer.

[@Dingeraye1]

Gosh Billy, I never thought of it that way. But then, I've only got 7000 hours on the '67. How much time you got?

[@Bill_Woo]

Not enough time to break the MEL rules prohibiting takeoff, or to exercise pilot overconfidence. With 7000 hours I think you understand that pretty much inside out, eh?

[@Bill_Woo]

You do know that he ordered the takeoff not only in violation of rule, but with the full knowledge that the ground crew was confused? And that he pulled out his own calculator, did the calculations incorrectly, then, unbelievably, ordered a commercial flight takeoff? I hope I can give you more credit than to do that.

[@Dingeraye1]

Cheeky devil aren't you. Well, it will amaze you, but MEL rules change, and are even different from country to country. At the time, he was following procedure as published. If you've seen an MEL on the aircraft, you might have seen a change as a result of this accident. And, actually Bill, it's only 7000 on Boeings. I've made mistakes that could easily of had the same or worse results in the other 7000 hours as well. But, I'm lucky as well as careful. You've never been overconfident I take it. Or made an error. When you do, I hope you have as much skill as this guy did.

[@MothJosh]

I misinterpreted the title as "That Time a Passenger, Loaded Boeing 767, Ran Out of Fuel Mid Flight". I was so confused when the video neither described an incident where there was only one person in an airplane somehow flying it while remaining a passenger, nor an incident where a passenger (themselves flying around inside the mid-flight plane) ran out of fuel and crashed.

[@DISLEX]

‽ Same here. lol

[@NatsukiMogiIsBestGirl]

Best. Comment. Ever.

[@donneale7555]

They call this the glimly glider It used to be ( and might still be, but I don't know for sure ) a training scenario ran in flight simulators after this incident, no one else ever succeeded to my understanding talk about betting it all on one card

[@ellenorbjornsdottir1166]

Gimli

[@dim.a91]

Actually, it is the flight 411 of Olympic Airways in Athens, in 1978.

[@donneale7555]

Dimitris A not sure what your talking about, this incident happened in Canada

[@donneale7555]

Dimitris A not sure what your talking about, this incident happened in Canada

[@ellenorbjornsdottir1166]

Dimitris A err

[@patrickowens5619]

"None of the 61passengers were injured". I thought you said this was a fully loaded 767!?

[@drewpamon]

He meant that none of the 61 passengers which survived were hurt, the rest died. ;)

[@pd4165]

It's possible - could have had a full load of cargo. Most commercial flights only need one hold for passenger baggage, the other can be used for cargo (that weight limit for your bag? Usually BS, but not always). It can happen that everyone turns up with maximum weight baggage - the airlines work on an average weight basis. Every bag is weighed at check in so the precise weight is known (but not of the passengers!) - the aircraft has to have sufficient fuel and the pilot has to check the lot and sign it off. Each hold has a limit - the weight needs to be distributed properly otherwise the aircraft does not balance. If the total is too high then something has to go - it might be a few bags, but could be a few passengers and their bags. Hopefully they're clever enough to pick bags that are close to the cargo doors to minimise delay (nightmare is when someone refuses to fly, or thrown off for being drunk, but their bags were loaded first, especially if the bags were 'bulk loaded' ie by hand, one at a time. You have to sift through them all, checking the labels for names).

[@davidwhite8633]

drewpamon This screed needs a bit more humor like this. Thank you.

[@bensouthwell1339]

maybe the rest of them were in the shit house having a smoke, I know I would be if told the engines had just stopped

[@Vokieeeee]

What a Story , ohh , my goodness , how lucky everyone was and the Brilliance of Captain Pearson ! That manouvre would be worth more than any Medals of Heroism ! I do hope that Captain Pearson received more than just a Gratitude of thanks !

[@Actionronnie]

And to think it flew for another 25 years. On it's final flight to Mojave, the two captains and 3 flight attendants were on board. If I recall they had a parade in Gimli on the 25th anniversary of the free fall, to honor the pilots. Haven't been to Gimli in a few years, but there's a mural on the pier wall of the event.

[@donc815]

Of course they are Canadian, they always surprise everyone with what they can do

[@robosborne7103]

Indeed our Commonwealth family in Canada always suprise their commonwealth family , Thats why we love them so much, Hello from NZ Canada !!

[@TheG1mpster]

Cheers mate much love from canada

[@kingbuck427]

Im a K1nG How can I visit Canada?

[@BUSTRCHERRI]

@Don except other Canadians.

[@aaronasbury2848]

Awesome story. There should be a movie.

[@GaryCameron780]

There IS a movie about this. Also a book. The movie is called _Freefall: Flight 174_

[@georgeapplegate3535]

The book is out of print now, but used copies are available at www.amazon.com/gp/product/0312922744 Fascinating book. It took multiple errors on the part of ground crews yet the pilot was blamed and instead of being haled as a hero he was suspended. Eventually he was vindicated.

[@ectogaming20]

And there's a tv episode on this. It's from Mayday

[@grezgorztube]

There might be a movie made based on it soon... probably not, but it sounds like there is a script being made at least www.ctvnews.ca/canada/gimli-glider-landing-getting-the-hollywood-treatment-1.3827653

[@TechnoCreeper2016]

DEJA VU I'VE BEEN IN THIS PLACE BEFORE HIGHER ON THE STREET I KNOW WHERE TO GO WOAHHHHHHH

[@Fightre_Flighte]

I love how I saw the air crash investigation episode on this first. Also, the engine cowling hit the ground. The nacelle is what holds the engine to the wing. Aaaand you missed a single fact, that would be fun to hear, but on a three year old video I don't think you'll add it. This flight set a world record for the longest glide of an airliner.

[@prsearls]

The company I flew for designed and built those Ram Air Turbines (still do). It was a very proud day to hear it helped save the aircraft. The flight crew's professionalism and experience was exceptional in handling an emergency not practiced in airline simulators. We use to practice a double flameout emergency in Flight Safety corporate jet simulators at the end of our training sessions. It really tested one's experience and airmanship in the aircraft. The Air Canada incident was a lot tougher than any of my simulations. You don't die if you crash the sim!

[@Bill_Woo]

But lost in these lessons is the overconfidence of the pilot who illegally ordered the takeoff to begin with. His great skill in landing was tantamount to a drunk driver miraculously swerving to avoid a busload of orphans. Learn from the skill of this and the "real" heroic action of Sully, but also learn from the homicidal potential of an overconfident pilot who jeopardizes innocent lives :(

[@Hil0]

your voice was made for this sort of thing, somehow

[@NicknotNak]

The Gimly Glider or something. When I went up for my first time flying a glider, my dad just kept cracking jokes about it. It's mentioned every time we head up in a glider and my dad just thinks he is the funniest. My dad was a pilot and knows all of the popular stories. He thinks it's funny to recount them right before my first flight ._.

[@Silkendrum]

The crew flew again, the plane flew again, but I wonder if any of the passengers ever flew again.

[@Sagaris380]

Growing up in Winnipeg I have heard this story a million times. Great video!

[@micaw7108]

Not the first time I've heard this; it's one of my favorite aviation stories! 👍 Thanks for posting.

[@bozicaplesa7401]

I was working for CAFAS at the time and this was one of my regular flights that I did. Being on a day off another fueller named "Tony Schmidt" did the flight. The fuel gauges were US and they pulled the sticks and the stick graduations were in centimeters and the fuel translation manual was in Kilograms. Anyway the Air Canada mechanics took over and the fueler was told when to start fueling and when to stop. Nothing more. Had I been doing the flight I may have said this flight usually takes this much fuel and if you are now taking only half as much, did it come in heavy earlier? Who knows? There was a hearing over this in Winnipeg and Tony had to attend. I'm sure lawyers tried to spread the blame around as much as possible. Bob Pearson did a fantastic job having learned to side-slip gliders here in St. Lazare Quebec. A town hall meeting was held many years later in Hudson Quebec where I spoke and said what I just mentioned, with Bob Pearson also speaking. The name showing on the top left is my wife's' name. Mine is RIchard Meades.

[@bunker931]

Thanks for the info from CAFAS.

[@cynthiaholland13]

Valuable information. Thanks for sharing

[@SatumainenOlento]

What a cool thing to get real information from people close to the incident! Thank you for sharing!

[@Braeden123698745]

I don't know why I'm laughing so hard at the end of this video. Probably because holy shit

[@samuraijack5919]

Braeden Hamson yeah coping mechanism cause that is some freaky shit the pilot had to do

[@tncorgi92]

For once, all the golfers had the same color pants.

[@naverilllang]

yellow?

[@samuraijack5919]

Brown

[@naverilllang]

Chara even better

[@MephLeo]

Any landing you can walk away from...

[@Unloadonyou]

Go on...

[@coojsta69]

Darude Sandstorm is a good landing

[@rtm416]

It's a phrase in flying. "Any landing you can walk away from is a good one, any landing where you can fly the plane again is a great one" or something similar.

[@rogerdotlee]

The funny thing about this is that once they lifted the nose and flew the Gimli Glider back to base for repairs, the aircraft flew for Air Canada until it flew its last flight on 1/1/2008. Say what you will, Airbus fans, but that is one serious testament to the crashworthiness of your typical Boeing widebody.

[@aeromanpanoias2222]

@@rogerdotlee I don't like airbus control delay

[@scuppersthesailordog]

Allan Richardson - the story you remember is detailed in Wikipedia under "Air Transat Flight 236". The aircraft ran out of fuel near the Azores and like the Gimli Glider, was able to glide to the islands and land at an airbase. This time it was a maintenance error compounded by confusing instrumentation.

[@CLL9262]

Great video. Love your work. Keeping doing it. I had always thought that the reason for all this was that a refueling worker in Montreal got mixed up between litres and gallons and put in the number of litres that shoukd have been in gallons...

[@Harry351ify]

That must have been one hell of a family day.

[@jameslaidler4259]

I'd have been enthusiastically joining the chorus of expletives of the people on the ground since the damn thing would have been practically silent untill touchdown. Imagine looking up to see that eh?

[@B3Band]

And then some bitch would be all pissed that her kid's race got cancelled!

[@jameslaidler4259]

This was Canada though. Seriously though, I might piss myself if something like that happens in front of me.

[@BrianB14471]

Bloodbath and Beyond Nah... only if it was hockey that got cancelled. Canada and all, eh?

[@jameslaidler4259]

Lol.

[@thelatest8069]

Says it's a 767 shows a picture of a 787 👏

[@bettercetacean]

LMAO

[@heavyrain5949]

👏👏

[@em1osmurf]

theyre virtually identical

[@devynthurman8444]

Glad I'm not the only one that noticed 🤣

[@AlienPsyTing1]

another conversion problem, this story is jinxed :)

[@VaeVictisXIII]

And shit like this is why i ALWAYS thank the flight crew when i leave a plane, these guys literally are responsible for lives in the air and will do everything they can to keep you safe. Respect to all pilots, payed too little for too much stress but such an important job!

[@grignosse]

This week, we were at the Gimli Glider's 35th anniversary Celebration. The pilot, Bob Pearson and two of the three "kids on bicycles" were present. It was a super weekend !

[@Pandemonium2381]

I have never seen Simon without a beard and glasses wyf

[@condorboss3339]

It did not come out of Gimli. It landed in Gimli.

[@atteweppling]

what a retarded mistake...

[@thorgarbinwessel-kjenner7736]

Thanx to you, Mr. Perfect.

[@stenbak88]

Captain Robert Pearson is a hero damn

[@brianarbenz7206]

This is so amazing, I checked a CBC story on the 30th anniversary of the landing, just to get perspective on it. Wow, what a story!

[@MindBodySoulOk]

Forward slips in cessna are cool as hell. Makes you feel like you know what you're doing. This would be a good movie as well.

[@GeonQuuin]

Is there a movie based on this? If not, someone ought to get started on making it.

[@hunterkeen3968]

Geon Quuin Go watch Sully, same difference.

[@ELUnderwood]

Geon Quuin There is a Mayday documentary and a movie loosley based on it called Falling from the Sky: Flight 174

[@HailAnts]

Geon Quuin There was a cheesy TV movie made about it in the 80s, heard it wasn't very good...

[@jamessutton9476]

The training Sully got, and the training most pilots get, on how to land an airliner without power was a direct response to this incident.

[@Badman1321]

Watch the show mayday on discovery they covered this one

[@yamagachi]

Obi-Wan: "Another happy landing."

[@DariViol]

"Today I Watched Air Disasters"

[@stitch2k1]

"Today I watched bullshit that isn't even close to the truth"

[@maverickbna]

I saw a documentary on this flight. It's a great piece of history, and great to see humanity in action.