# Azores Glider Emergency Landing: Fuel leak turns A330 into 65-nautical-mile glider; all 306 survive

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- Published: 2026-11-08T18:28:00+00:00
- Category: World
- Original: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/in-2001-an-air-transat-jet-carrying-306-people-ran-out-of-fuel-over-the-atlantic-after-a-leak-captain-robert-piche-glided-the-powerless-airbus-for-about-19-minutes-to-a-runway-in-the-azores-and-everyone-survived/articleshow/135625521.cms
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In August 2001, an Air Transat flight traveling from Canada to Portugal experienced a dramatic failure, losing both engines mid-flight. The skilled pilots successfully glided for 19 minutes before executing an emergency landing at Lajes Air Base in the Azores. Remarkably, all 306 on board survived despite injuries from the hard landing.

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