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July 23, 1983. Air Canada's brand new Boeing 767 skids to a stop on the runway of a former military base used as a race track. The vast majority of passengers leave the new airliner unscathed. At the cost of a heroic struggle, the pilots sailed the 130-ton plane down to Gimli from an altitude of roughly 12,000 meters without engines. The 767 ran out of fuel halfway through. The two pilots faced a situation that they had never encountered even in the simulator. A series of fatal errors led to the 767 becoming a glider in the middle of Canada on this summer day. And it took quite a bit of luck for the car race and family day participants on the track to escape the silent landing of the plane unscathed. Where did the fuel calculation go wrong? What units of measurement did you get confused about? What effect did the fact that Canada was going through significant changes affecting everyday life affect the emergency landing? What did the captain benefit from the experience gained on the glider on the wide-body passenger carrier? (Editor: Balázs Kránitz) If you would like to support the rebirth of the airplanes on display in the Aeropark: Donation by bank transfer: 10101360-03379200-01003004 Air Transport Cultural Center Közhasznú Nonprofit Kft. (Please write: donation in the comments section) More information here: www.aeropark.hu