TS 236
24 Aug 2001 · Fuel Starvation & ManagementAIR TRANSAT FLIGHT 236
Airbus A330-200 · Air Transat · Image: Wikimedia Commons
Why it happened
Fuel line chafed open over the Atlantic
Fuel leak (line chafing)
Fuel imbalance
Engine flameout
Aircraft
Airbus A330-200
Air Transat
Route
Toronto–Pearson (YYZ), Canada
→ Lisbon (LIS), Portugal
People
306 on board
All survived
Date
24 Aug 2001
Flight crew
Captain: Robert Piché
Category
Fuel Starvation & Management
Empty tanks at altitude.
THE STORY
A chafed fuel line drained the tanks over the Atlantic. The A330 glided 75 miles — the longest airliner glide ever — to a runway in the Azores.