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The Atlantic GLIDER, Air Transat flight 236!

S1 · E7 · 29 Aug 2020

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A fuel leak leaves Air Transat Flight 236, an Airbus A330, without engine power high over the Atlantic Ocean and no runway within reach. Petter Hörnfeldt recounts how the crew glided the powerless airliner down to a landing in the Azores, and what caused the fuel to vanish.