Wow, re the Gimli Glider..... never heard of that one. Fascinating story. Actually the whole incident sounded like something out of a Ferrari pitstop, with the wrong amount of fuel being loaded plus some dud calculations and a few strategic errors ending in staff having their jobs downgraded and others being moved sideways.
Had to also chuckle whilst reading the Wiki account (on the link given before) that when the plane glided to land the nose wheel collapsed and the plane had a resulting small fire which was put out by race marshalls and drivers involved at the race meeting underway at the time when the plane glided in with no flaps or reverse thrust to help stop it..
Good to read that there was no serious injuries to any of those on the plane or on the ground.
Thanks for bringing that one up.
