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24 August 2008

The Gimli Glider


"Holy shit."

Inside the cockpit of the cruising airliner,Captain Bob Pearson was understandably alarmed at theout-of-the-ordinary beeps that were chiming from his flight computer.On the control panel, an amber low fuel pressure warning lamp lit up to punctuate the audio alarm.

FirstOfficer Maurice Quintal, copilot of Air Canada Flight 143, checked theindicator light to determine the cause of the computer's complaints."Something's wrong with the fuel pump," he reported.

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