Fuel exhaustion
Events
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14 August 2005
Helios Airways Flight 522
- Boeing 737
- 121 people who died
Helios Airways Flight 522, a Boeing 737-300 flying from Larnaca to Athens and Prague on 14 August 2005, never pressurised because a selector had been left in manual after overnight maintenance, and the pilots were overcome by hypoxia as the aircraft climbed on autopilot. It flew on unresponsive for almost three hours, circling near Athens until its fuel ran out, and crashed into hills near Grammatiko, killing all 121 people on board.
3 videos- Mayday: Air Disaster
- Mentour Pilot
- No Survivors Found
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24 August 2001
Air Transat Flight 236
- Airbus A330
- 306 people on board
Air Transat Flight 236, an Airbus A330 flying from Toronto to Lisbon with 306 people on board, ran out of fuel over the Atlantic on 24 August 2001 after a fuel line in its right engine split.
2 videos- Wonder
- Air Crash Investigation
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23 July 1983
Air Canada Flight 143
- Boeing 767
- 69 people on board
Air Canada Flight 143 was a Boeing 767 flying from Montreal to Edmonton on 23 July 1983 when both engines stopped for lack of fuel over northern Ontario. Its fuel had been worked out in pounds instead of kilograms.
3 videos- Mayday: Air Disaster
- Flight Files
Videos
Air Canada Flight 143: The Pounds-for-Kilograms Fuel Error
Event: Air Canada Flight 143 (1983)
Air Canada Flight 143: Pearson’s Sideslip Landing at Gimli
Event: Air Canada Flight 143 (1983)
Air Transat Flight 236: How a Fuel Leak Stopped Both Engines
Event: Air Transat Flight 236 (2001)
Helios Airways Flight 522: Inside the Ghost Plane Inquiry
Event: Helios Airways Flight 522 (2005)
Air Canada Flight 143: Gimli Glider Landing and the Inquiry
Event: Air Canada Flight 143 (1983)
