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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton
Look up the Air Transat flight 236, an A330 that ran out of fuel over the North Atlantic, 100 miles from the Azores. The pilot had one shot at a landing, and he made it.
Now that is astounding. I'll remember that story as long as I live.
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I saw the "Dateline" on that . . . landing at night, no transponder to give alt or airspeed info, on a military strip, dead stick. Before that, Aloha Airlines Flight 243, sticks out in my mind as an astounding job of flying.
