Date: 23 July 1983
Airline: Air Canada
Flight No.: 143
Aircraft: B767-233
Location: Gimli, Manitoba, Canada
Fatalities: 0:69
Photographer: Unknown
While cruising at FL410, both of the aircraft's engines flamed out due to fuel exhaustion. Captain Robert Pearson, an experienced glider pilot, flew the aircraft for thirteen minutes with no engine power and limited hydraulic pressure to a safe landing on a closed runway at Gimli, Manitoba. The aircraft's nosewheel collapsed on landing. A local group was holding drag races on the closed runway at the time, and assisted in the evacuation and treatment of the passengers and crew. .
