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Old 24th January 2006 | 09:51
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RJM
 
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From: Orstralia
Look up 'Gimli Glider'. Well-known incident in which an Air Canada 767 ran out of fuel at 41,000 ft and managed to glide to an airstrip using a RAT emergency power device, luck and a lot of skill.
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