Air Transat Flight 236

The event was later memorialized as the Gimli Glider.

Then in 20, uh, 2001, Air Transat Flight 236, an Airbus 330, ran out of fuel over the Atlantic at 33,000 feet, glided for 65 nautical miles to a safe landing in the Azores.

This flight has been nicknamed the Azores Glider.

Of course, in those cases the pilots weren't trying to glide as far as possible.

Exactly.

You are one of 306 people aboard Air Transat Flight 236.

And most of the cabin is completely asleep.

Yeah, they're just resting.

Right.

And that image, that sheer visceral terror, that is the starting point for our mission today.

We are doing a deep dive into the official investigation reports, aviation data, and survivor accounts of Air Transat Flight 236.

It's such a wild story.