📅 #OTD in 2001 – ✈️ Air Transat Flight 236 loses power to both engines while flying over the Atlantic Ocean. With 306 lives on board, pilots are forced into a life-saving gliding descent. 📺 Watch the FULL EPISODE on YouTube: 🔗 https://youtu.be/1SWALPatxb4 | Mayday / Air Crash Investigation / Air Disasters

Uncovering Air Transat 236: What Happens When Both Engines Fail? Imagine being 33,000 feet over the Atlantic Ocean when both of your plane's engines go silent. This isn't a scene from a movie; it's the true story of Air Transat Flight 236. The crisis began subtly. Somewhere between Toronto and Lisbon, the pilots of the Airbus A330 detected a puzzling fuel imbalance. Unaware that a catastrophic leak was hemorrhaging fuel from the right engine, they attempted to correct it. This critical decision

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