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Old 17th Jan 2009, 01:03
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OntarioCopper
 
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Gimli Glider - July 23 1983 - Montreal to Edmonton - C-GAUN - Fuel starvation to both engines - made an emergency landing at Gimli Airpark.

As for this incident, as written in the Toronto Star....

"One by one, the passengers were plucked to safety from the rafts, Hood and Sullenberger the last ones left. The passenger insisted the pilot get off first, but Sullenberger refused. He had been the last off the plane, and he would be the last off the raft."

Maybe professionalism to you pilot guys, but downright heroic to us common folk.
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