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Airplane gliding occurs when all the engines of an aircraft shut down, but the wings are still functional and can be used for a controlled descent. This is a very rare condition in multi-engine airliners, [1] though it is the obvious result when a single-engine airplane experiences engine failure.
Air Transat Flight 236 was a transatlantic flight bound for Lisbon, Portugal, from Toronto, Canada, that lost all engine power while flying over the Atlantic Ocean on August 24, 2001.
The flight crew quickly determined that the aircraft was capable of gliding for 23 minutes and covering 91 nautical miles (169 km) from its flight level of 37,000 feet (11,000 m). [5] At 13:44 UTC (20:44 Jakarta time), Greaves broadcast a Mayday to the local air traffic control authority, stating that all four engines had failed.
C-GAUN seen here on February 17, 1985 C-GAUN from another angle. Air Canada Flight 143, commonly known as the Gimli Glider, was a Canadian scheduled domestic passenger flight between Montreal and Edmonton that ran out of fuel on Saturday, July 23, 1983, [1] at an altitude of 41,000 feet (12,500 m), midway through the flight.
United Air Lines Flight 629: Longmont, Colorado, United States: Douglas DC-6B: Bombing: 44 Bomb placed in suitcase caused in-flight breakup: 1957-04-17 1957 Aqaba Valetta accident: Jordan: near Aqaba: Vickers Valetta: Severe weather 27 Design strength of left-hand wing exceeded during probable loss of control in severe clear-air turbulence [3 ...
Hang glider: Gliding 15 Air Canada Flight 143 (Gimli Glider) Boeing 767–200 when all engines failed due to fuel exhaustion: 12~ British Airways Flight 9: Boeing 747-200B when all engines failed due to volcanic ash: 15~ Paraglider: High performance model 11 Helicopter: in autorotation 4 Powered parachute: with a rectangular or elliptical ...
The glider also had a new structural feature: A fixed, rear vertical rudder, which the brothers hoped would eliminate turning problems. However, the 1902 glider encountered trouble in crosswinds and steep banked turns, when it sometimes spiraled into the ground – a phenomenon the brothers called "well digging".
Another way of putting it, the airplane swaps ends. This is a ground loop." [4] The Schleicher ASK 23 is a single-seat glider suitable for new pilots. It has a nose-wheel, and its main wheel is behind the centre of gravity. This avoids the risk of ground-looping at commencement of takeoff in a crosswind behind a tow plane.