Air Transat A330 Glides 65 Nautical Miles After Fuel Leak
In August 2001, an Air Transat flight from Canada to Portugal lost both engines mid-flight due to a fuel leak. The pilots glided the Airbus A330 for 19 minutes, covering 65 nautical miles, before making an emergency landing at Lajes Air Base in the Azores. All 306 passengers and crew survived, though some were injured during the hard landing.
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