a boeing 767 is on its way accross canada from montreal to edmonteon in 1983 when the plane is new flying over centreal canada. 63 passengers are on board and 8 crew on july 23 1983. captain bob pearson is in command of the flight fo quintel is also experienced but not on the 767 which was introduced soon. a mechanic is in the cockpit learning about the plane when a low fuel wwarning goes off which supprises the crew as the preasure shouldn’t be low yet so they think it could be maitence but more and more warnings mean it is real despite the computer saying it should be fine. the pilots deside to divert the flight and are cleared to winipeg which will be a difficult task he starts to decend but more fuel warnings go off then the engines fail due to lack of fuel and the instruments fail. the crew prepare the passengers in case they crash or at least a diversion. the plane is falling pretty fast so they ask for another airport and are told about a abandoned air force base in gimli manitoba as they are falling from 26500 feet and 70 miles from winipeg. atc can’t find the plane due to0 the engine failure so they can’t find them. when they find them they are 65 from winipeg 45 from gimli the crew decide on gimli because winipeg they won’t make due to their falling rate the fo had trained at gimli. they originally still consider winipeg but its too far even when they have it in sight. the plane though is too high to land at gimli so they do a manuever that is only seen in gliders but it works and they line up with the runway but they are in for one more unwanted supprise it is no longer an official airport and two kids are running the length of the runway on bikes but no one is kiilled and the landing goes well despite it being a drag racing strip. the cause of the accident is determined to be a failed conversion of fuel that meant they took off without enough fuel for the flight.
next time a double dc-10 problem that should have been fixed during the first incident leads to the 4th worse crash of all time.
Harrison’s world 