The final resting place of the famous ‘Gimli Glider’ is still up in the air. The historic Boeing 767 that landed on a decommissioned airstrip in Gimli on July 23, 1983 after it ran out of fuel ...

The attitude expressed by Shirley Render, executive director of the Western Canada Aviation Museum, toward the idea of making the Gimli Glider part of its collection reveals what can be wrong with ...

The "Gimli Glider," a Boeing 767 that has become a cause célèbre in aviation circles, will be retired to the desert today by Air Canada as the airline spruces up its fleet.

People in Gimli are marking the 30th anniversary of an event that made aviation history and became known as the Gimli Glider. In July 1983, an Air Canada flight with 69 people on board out of gas ...

Its fateful voyage was four decades ago this weekend, but few in the town of Gimli, Man., can forget the story of the Gimli Glider.. On July 23, 1983, the small Interlake community’s racing ...

Gimli Glider museum vice-president Steve Bannister (left), president Barb Gluck (centre) and Gwen Harp held a soft opening for the new museum dedicated to the story of the glider landing in 1983 ...

1:58 ‘Gimli Glider’ emergency landing incident remembered 40 years later. On July 23, 1983, Air Canada Flight 143 made an emergency landing at a decommissioned air base near Gimli, Manitoba.

Residents in the small town of Gimli, Manitoba, are celebrating today to mark 30 years since a Boeing 767 airliner made an emergency landing there after running out of fuel. While not widely known ...

Parts of a commercial plane that ran out of fuel while 41,000 feet in the air, and narrowly avoided crashing, are returning to Manitoba's Interlake area. The story of the Gimli Glider, the Air Canada ...

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An Air Canada Boeing 767 that ran out of fuel more than 12,000 metres above the ground more than 30 years ago — and somehow landed without any casualties — has had its story further cemented in ...

The emergency landing in 1983 is etched in pilot Robert Pearson's mind, the moment he pushed firmly on the brake pedals with both feet to slow Air Canada's new Boeing 767 jet after it touched down ...