Out of Fuel at 41,000 Feet

Black Box Down

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, Aviation, Leisure

4.9 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Air Canada Flight 143 runs out of fuel mid-flight and begins falling from the sky. Flight 143, also known as the Gimli Glider, is making its routine passenger flight over Canada when it runs out of fuel while cruising at 41,000 feet. With no power and limited options, the flight crew is forced to make an emergency descent and land as quickly as possible. Sponsored by ExpressVPN. Visit http://expressvpn.com/blackboxdown and get an extra three months of ExpressVPN for free! Also sponsored by Keeps. Go to http://keeps.com/blackboxdown to receive your first month of treatment for free! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	July 23, 1983 Air Canada Flight 143, a four-month-old Boeing 767, is cruising at 41,000 feet, about
0:10.5	halfway through a routine flight from Montreal to Edmonton over Canada. On board are 61 passengers
0:15.5	and eight crew members. Without warning, an alarm goes off, alerting the crew to low fuel
0:19.7	pressure at one of the fuel pumps. Seconds later, another warning goes off, indicating
0:23.5	low fuel pressure at another pump. 700 miles away from Edmonton, the crew decides to divert
0:27.8	to Winnipeg, which is 120 miles away in order to try and figure out the source of the problem.
0:32.1	The warning is continued to spread as fuel pumps and the two engines shut down. The instruments
0:36.9	all go dark as Air Canada Flight 143 loses power and is out of fuel at 41,000 feet. Welcome
0:43.1	to Black Box Down.
0:48.3	Alright everyone, welcome. This is the first episode of Black Box Down, our podcast about
0:53.3	aviation incidents. I'm Gus and I'm joined with Chris.
0:57.1	Hello.
0:58.1	I want to welcome everyone and let remind you that you should subscribe to this podcast
1:02.2	and make sure you give us a good rating on whatever platform you can see a podcast on,
1:06.0	recommend it to your friends. If you enjoy what we're about to get into, hopefully you
1:09.2	do.
1:10.2	Yeah.
1:11.2	How are you doing, Chris?
1:12.2	I'm good.
1:13.2	So, fuel up, I just ate pizza.
1:14.2	You did. I saw you eat a pizza. So, I'm super fascinated with aviation industry and
1:19.6	I've always had a fascination with the process and that's why I think it's interesting
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