Name: The 1983 "Gimli Glider" Incident
Uploaded: 2022-04-27T12:00:26+00:00
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Captain Sully’s US Airways Flight 1549 lost its engines almost immediately after takeoff, after reaching an altitude of only 2,800 feet. In 1983, a very different flight lost power at a staggering 41,000 feet, and the pilots had no choice but to try to land the plane without engines.

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