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  1. Air Transat Flight 236: How a Fuel Leak Stopped Both Engines

    Event: 2001Published: 9 Mar 2024

    On 24 August 2001 Air Transat Flight 236, an Airbus A330 flying from Toronto to Lisbon, lost both engines over the Atlantic after a fuel leak caused by an improper engine installation.

    View event: Air Transat Flight 236 (2001)
    Aircraft
    Airbus A330
    Location
    Lajes Air Base, Terceira, Azores, Portugal
    Phase of flight
    Cruise

  2. Air France Flight 447: Mayday and the Search for the Recorders

    Event: 2009Published: 23 Aug 2023

    This Mayday episode follows the BEA's investigation into Air France Flight 447, which disappeared over the Atlantic on 1 June 2009.

    View event: Air France Flight 447 (2009)
    Aircraft
    Airbus A330
    Location
    Atlantic Ocean near waypoint ORARO, between Brazil and Senegal
    Phase of flight
    Cruise

  3. Air France Flight 447: Pitot Icing, Alternate Law and the Stall

    Event: 2009Published: 11 Dec 2022

    Airline captain Petter of Mentour Pilot explains the loss of Air France Flight 447 on 1 June 2009 in detail.

    View event: Air France Flight 447 (2009)
    Aircraft
    Airbus A330
    Location
    Atlantic Ocean near waypoint ORARO, between Brazil and Senegal
    Phase of flight
    Cruise

  4. Air France Flight 447: The Night the A330 Vanished From Contact

    Event: 2009Published: 5 Dec 2022

    This four-minute Smithsonian Channel clip covers the first hours after Air France Flight 447 disappeared over the Atlantic on 1 June 2009.

    View event: Air France Flight 447 (2009)
    Aircraft
    Airbus A330
    Location
    Atlantic Ocean near waypoint ORARO, between Brazil and Senegal
    Phase of flight
    Cruise

  5. Air Transat Flight 236: Fuel Leak, Glide and Lajes Landing

    Event: 2001Published: 8 Apr 2021

    This Mayday episode reconstructs Air Transat Flight 236, an Airbus A330 with 306 people on board that ran out of fuel over the Atlantic on 24 August 2001.

    View event: Air Transat Flight 236 (2001)
    Aircraft
    Airbus A330
    Location
    Lajes Air Base, Terceira, Azores, Portugal
    Phase of flight
    Cruise