So today’s story isn’t about serial killers or gruesome details of murders, No, no.. but... instead it is a terrifying true story that involves miscommunication, faulty equipment, calmness in chaos, a diploma award for Outstanding Airmanship, and the effectiveness of teamwork. Would you agree a passenger's greatest fear is being onboard an aircraft whose engines suddenly lose power? Well... This is the story of Air Canada Flight 143 aka “The Gimli Glider”
Resources:
- Smithsonian Channel Documentaries of Air Disasters
Season 1, episode 2 “The Gimli Glider”
https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/air-disasters/episode-2-season-1/gimli-glider/405552/
- The Legend Of The Gimli Glider | Air Canada Flight 143 - YouTube
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1281360451571/
- News clipping ar-gimli-glider_2500kbps_852x480_1281834563825
- Wikipedia/Metrication in the US
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrication_in_the_United_States#Aviation
- CBC's Barbara Frum, interviews passenger Bryce Bell two days after the incident
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2395832030/
- Author - Bruce Frazer
AOPA, of Arlington, Virginia, is a former Army aviator and demo pilot for Bell Helicopter wrote a book about outstanding airmanship. The "Gimli Glider" story will appear in his book.
