Lurk R, I'm Canadian and I thought Zebadee's comment about Canadians and dead stick widebodies was funny. Maybe it's our national skill.
I know of three incidents where widebodies have become gliders:
* the BA 747 that lost one to an oil problem and then the remaining three to volcanic ash (engines were subsequently restarted, so not a deadstick landing)
* the Gimli Glider
* the Air Transat incident under discussion
Does anyone know of another?