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Showing posts with label 330. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 330. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Air Transat 236 Glides into Azores - Re Enactment

On 24 August 2001, Air Transat Flight 236 (TSC236) ran out of fuel while flying over the Atlantic Ocean. The pilots of the aircraft safely glided and landed the aircraft at a naval base in the island of Azores. The fuel starvation was caused by improper maintenance work, which allowed a hydraulic oil pipe and a fuel pipe to rub together, resulting in the fracture of the fuel pipe and consequent leak.

 

Friday, July 26, 2013

A332 Rejected Take Off - Thomas Cook

Here is a video shot by Simon Lowe of a Thomas Cook A330-200 of a rejected takeoff at high speed. Notice the right hand engine failing at the 16 second mark. This occurred on June 26th, 2013.