One Wrong Number Turned a 767 Into a Glider

July 23, 1983. A brand-new Air Canada Boeing 767 runs out of fuel in mid-flight, with 69 people on board. Both engines stop. The nearest big airport is out of reach. This is the story of two numbers, 1.77 and 0.8, and of a captain who happened to fly gliders on weekends. 0:00 Cold open 1:18 The newest plane in Canada 3:02 1.77 4:40 Silence at 41,000 feet 5:53 Twelve miles 6:45 Family Day 8:36 Whose fault? SOURCES Final Report of the Board of Inquiry into Air Canada Flight 143 (1985): https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/fil... CBC Archives, When a metric mix-up led to the 'Gimli Glider' emergency: https://www.cbc.ca/archives/when-a-me... RCAF / The Maple Leaf, From the Avro Arrow to the Gimli Glider: https://www.canada.ca/en/department-n... Wikipedia, Gimli Glider: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_G... Code 7700 case study (fuel arithmetic cross-check): https://code7700.com/case_study_air_c... Animation is illustrative: aircraft, clouds, camera angles and the cabin are reconstructions, not footage. Narration is an AI voice. Music: Missing Persons by Jeremy Blake (YouTube Audio Library). #aviation #gimliglider #documentary