What was Pinnacle Airlines Flight 3701 doing at 41,000 feet,
just before its engines apparently quit and it plunged to Earth,
killing the two crewmembers on board?
Final Report Blames Pilot Error, Fuel Leak For Air Transat
Incident
It was a remarkable feat. After his engines quit on a flight
from Toronto to Lisbon, Captain Robert Piche (below,
right) glided for 19 minutes, bringing his Airbus A-330 into
Lajes Field (Azores) for a perfect dead stick landing. He blew out
some tires, but none of his 306 passengers and crew was hurt.
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