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Narrator: A BRAND NEW 767...
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Co-pilot: FUEL PRESSURE.
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WHY WOULD THAT BE?
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[ALARM BEEPING]
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Pilot: HOW COME I HAVE
NO INSTRUMENTS?
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Narrator: A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE
AT 26,000 FEET.
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Co-pilot:
WINNIPEG, AIR CANADA 143.
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Controller: AIR CANADA 143,
GO AHEAD.
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Co-pilot:
JUST LOST BOTH ENGINES.
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Controller: HOLY COW!
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I'M TALKING TO A DEAD MAN.
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Co-pilot: UH, HOW FAR ARE WE
FROM GIMLI?
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Controller: YOU'RE APPROXIMATELY
12 MILES FROM GIMLI RIGHT NOW.
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Pilot: I GUESS
I'LL JUST SLIP IT.
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Narrator: THE CREW IS OUT OF
OPTIONS AND RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
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THEY'RE AT THE CONTROLS
OF A MASSIVE JET...
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THAT'S QUICKLY FALLING
FROM THE SKY.
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Flight attendant:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
WE ARE STARTING OUR APPROACH.
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Pilot: WE LOST BOTH ENGINES!
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Flight attendant:
PUT THE MASK OVER YOUR NOSE.
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EMERGENCY DESCENT.
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Pilot: MAYDAY, MAYDAY.
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Flight attendant:
BRACE FOR IMPACT!
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Controller: I THINK I LOST ONE.
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Man: INVESTIGATION STARTING...
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Man: HE'S GONNA CRASH!
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IN PLACID SKIES
OVER CENTRAL CANADA,
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AIR CANADA FLIGHT 143 IS
JUST PAST THE HALFWAY MARK
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OF ITS JOURNEY FROM MONTREAL
TO EDMONTON, ALBERTA.
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Co-pilot: GOOD EVENING,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
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THIS IS YOUR FIRST OFFICER.
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Narrator: THE PLANE IS CARRYING
61 PASSENGERS
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AND 8 CREW MEMBERS.
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Co-pilot: BEAUTIFUL DAY.
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CLEAR, TEMPERATURE
OF 24 DEGREES CELSIUS.
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Narrator: IT'S JULY 23, 1983.
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Man: THERE, THAT'S
COMING ALONG, HUH?
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Narrator: RICK DION IS AN
AIR CANADA MAINTENANCE ENGINEER.
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Rick Dion: I WAS GOING
TO EDMONTON WITH MY WIFE PEARL
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AND MY YOUNG SON CHRIS,
WHO WAS FOUR YEARS OLD,
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AND THIS WAS THE BEGINNING
OF A TWO-WEEK VACATION FOR US,
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AND WE WERE ALL PRETTY EXCITED
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ABOUT GOING ON
THIS NEW AIRPLANE.
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Flight attendant:
COMPLIMENT OF THE CAPTAIN.
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Dion: OH, HEY, ROB, THANKS.
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Flight attendant:
WHENEVER YOU WANT TO COME
UP TO THE FLIGHT DECK.
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Dion: THIS WAS MY FIRST FLIGHT
ON A MODERN 767,
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AS THE COMPANY HAD
JUST ACQUIRED THEM.
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I'LL BE BACK IN A MINUTE, OKAY?
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I WAS INTERESTED IN
GOING TO THE COCKPIT
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TO SEE ALL THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY
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FIT IN WITH THE WORK
THAT I DID ON AIRCRAFT.
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Narrator: THE CAPTAIN ON
THIS FLIGHT IS BOB PEARSON.
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HE'S 48 YEARS OLD,
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AND HE'S SPENT MORE THAN
15,000 HOURS IN THE AIR.
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HIS FIRST OFFICER
IS MAURICE QUINTAL,
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WHO HAS MORE THAN 7,000 HOURS
OF FLYING TIME.
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[KNOCK ON DOOR]
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Bob Pearson: COME ON IN.
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Dion: PARDON ME, GENTLEMEN.
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Pearson: RICK.
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Dion: I KNEW BOB PEARSON
FROM THE SMALL FLYING CLUB
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THAT I ATTENDED IN SAINT LEZARD,
AND HE WAS ACTUALLY
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ONE OF THE LOCAL PILOTS THERE
THAT USED TO DO SOME GLIDING,
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AND HE ALSO FLEW
THE ULTRA-LIGHT LEZAIRS.
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Pearson: WE HAD DEPARTED
HEADING NORTHWEST,
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A NICE CLEAR, SUNNY DAY IN JULY.
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WE'RE A FLIGHT PLAN
OF 39,000 FEET.
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THERE WERE A FEW AIRPLANES
THAT FLEW THAT HIGH IN 1983,
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AND WE REQUESTED 41,000 FEET
WHICH GOT US FURTHER ABOVE
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THE JET STREAM OUT OF THE WEST.
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Narrator: THE CREW MAY HAVE
ACCUMULATED A LOT OF HOURS
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IN THE AIR,
BUT VERY FEW IN THIS PLANE.
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IT'S BOEING'S LATEST AND MOST
ADVANCED WIDE BODY JET, THE 767.
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AN ARMY OF MICROPROCESSORS
IN THE BELLY OF THE PLANE
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AUTOMATES SO MANY FUNCTIONS
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THAT THE FLIGHT ENGINEERS' JOB
HAS BEEN ELIMINATED.
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THIS IS ONE OF FOUR 767s
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THAT AIR CANADA HAS
RECENTLY ACQUIRED.
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THE PLANE ITSELF HAS
ONLY 150 HOURS ON IT.
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Dion:
QUITE A DIFFERENCE HERE, HUH?
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Pearson: OH, YEAH.
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Dion: RESET ON AND START HERE.
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THE COCKPIT IS DIFFERENT IN THAT
ALL THE OLD INSTRUMENTATION
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THAT WE'RE ACCUSTOMED TO,
MOSTLY THAT WAS ALL GONE.
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IT WAS ALL CRT DISPLAY,
LIKE SMALL TV SCREENS.
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IT WAS A NEW HIGH-TECH AIRPLANE
WHICH INVOLVED QUITE A CHANGE
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FOR THE CREW AND THE MAINTENANCE
PERSONNEL PEOPLE HANDLING IT.
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Narrator: PILOTS AND
MAINTENANCE CREWS ARE BOTH
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STILL GETTING TO KNOW
THIS AIRLINER.
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Pearson: WELL, THEN WE GOT
THAT SAME CONDITION.
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Narrator: CAPTAIN PEARSON
EXPLAINS TO DION
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HOW HE HANDLED A SMALL PROBLEM
WITH THE ENGINES
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ON AN EARLIER FLIGHT.
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Pearson: ...AT A LOW STAGE,
AND THEN WE JUST CARRY ON.
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Dion: YOU KNOW, THAT BRINGS UP
AN INTERESTING...
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[ALARM BEEPS]
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Maurice Quintal: FUEL PRESSURE?
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WHY WOULD THAT BE?
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Pearson: WHOA.
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Narrator: A WARNING ALERTS THE
CREW TO CRITICALLY LOW PRESSURE
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AT ONE OF THE PLANE'S
FUEL PUMPS.
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Quintal: SOMETHING'S WRONG
WITH THE FUEL PUMP.
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Narrator: THE 767 HAS
THREE MAIN FUEL TANKS,
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TWO IN THE WINGS,
WHICH ARE ALWAYS USED,
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AND ONE IN THE CENTER, ONLY USED
ON LONG DISTANCE FLIGHTS.
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ELECTRIC FUEL PUMPS
DRAW FUEL FROM EACH TANK
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AND FEED IT TO
THE PLANE'S TWO ENGINES.
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THE LOW PRESSURE WARNING COULD
MEAN THAT ONE OF THE PUMPS
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NEEDS MAINTENANCE, BUT IT COULD
ALSO BE A MORE SERIOUS ISSUE,
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A LACK OF FUEL TO BE PUMPED.
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Pearson: NO FORWARD FUEL PUMP.
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I HOPE IT'S JUST A BLOODY PUMP
FAILING, I CAN TELL YOU THAT.
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[ALARM BEEPS]
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Narrator: ANOTHER LOW
FUEL PRESSURE WARNING SOUNDS,
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THIS ONE FROM ANOTHER FUEL PUMP
ON THE PLANE'S LEFT SIDE.
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PEARSON'S FLIGHT MANAGEMENT
COMPUTER TELLS HIM
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HE SHOULD HAVE PLENTY OF FUEL
FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TRIP.
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THE 767 ALSO HAS SEPARATE
DIGITAL FUEL GAUGES,
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BUT ON THIS FLIGHT,
THOSE GAUGES ARE OUT OF SERVICE.
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THE WARNINGS DON'T MAKE SENSE.
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Dion: IT GOT A LITTLE
MORE INTERESTING
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WHEN THE SECOND FUEL BOOST
PUMP LIGHT CAME ON
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FOR THAT TANK,
WHICH WAS THE LEFT TANK.
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Pearson:
THIS SEEMED QUITE ABNORMAL
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THAT TWO PUMPS WOULD FAIL
IN A BRAND NEW AIRPLANE.
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WE HAD SOME KIND OF A PROBLEM
THAT WE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.
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WHAT WOULD YOUR ASSESSMENT
OF THAT BE?
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Dion: MY OWN PERSONAL THOUGHTS?
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YOU MIGHT BE LOW
ON THE LEFT TANK.
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Narrator: CAPTAIN PEARSON KNOWS
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THAT IF THE LEFT TANK
IS RUNNING LOW,
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THE RIGHT TANK
MAY BE LOW AS WELL.
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Pearson: LET'S HEAD
FOR WINNIPEG...NOW!
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Narrator: PEARSON WANTS TO LAND
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE,
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IN CASE HE'S RUNNING
OUT OF FUEL.
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THE CREW IS STILL
MORE THAN 700 MILES AWAY
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FROM THEIR ORIGINAL DESTINATION,
EDMONTON, ALBERTA.
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THE NEAREST MAJOR AIRPORT
IS WINNIPEG, MANITOBA,
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A MERE 120 MILES AWAY.
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Pearson: WE WERE SHOWING
LOTS OF FUEL
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ON BOARD OUR FLIGHT
MANAGEMENT COMPUTER,
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AND THREE NORMAL FUEL CHECKS,
CROSS-CHECKED WITH OUR FUEL
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ON OUR FLIGHT PLAN, SO
WE ELECTED TO DIVERT THE FLIGHT
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TO WINNIPEG, WHERE AIR CANADA
HAS A MAIN MAINTENANCE BASE.
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Quintal: WINNIPEG CENTER,
AIR CANADA 143.
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Controller: AIR CANADA 143,
GO AHEAD.
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Narrator: RON HEWETT
HAS 20 YEARS' EXPERIENCE
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AS A RADAR CONTROLLER.
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Quintal: YES, SIR,
WE HAVE A PROBLEM.
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WE'RE GOING TO,
REQUESTING DIRECT WINNIPEG.
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Ron Hewett:
AIR CANADA 143, CLEARED.
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TAKE POSITION DIRECT WINNIPEG.
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YOU ARE CLEARED
TO MAINTAIN 6,000 DESCENT,
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YOUR DISCRETION.
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SEND TO 6,000 HIS DISCRETION,
AND THAT WAS IT.
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HE DIDN'T TELL US
WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS,
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AND IT'S NONE OF MY BUSINESS.
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GIVE HIM WHAT HE WANTS,
GET EVERYBODY OUT OF HIS WAY.
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THAT'S ABOUT WHAT WE DO.
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Pearson: OKAY, WE'RE OUT OF 410.
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Narrator: PEARSON NOW BEGINS
TO DESCEND FROM 41,000 FEET.
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[ALARM BEEPS]
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Quintal: AWW, MAN.
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THEY'RE ALL GOING OUT, EH?
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Narrator: THE LOW PRESSURE
WARNINGS ARE SPREADING
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TO MORE AND MORE
OF THE FUEL PUMPS.
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[DING DONG]
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QUINTAL INSTRUCTS THE CABIN CREW
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TO PREPARE FOR
AN EMERGENCY LANDING.
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Attendant: HELLO?
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Quintal: CABIN, WE THINK WE HAVE
PROBLEMS WITH OUR FUEL SYSTEM.
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WE ARE DIVERTING TO WINNIPEG.
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Attendant: ALL FLIGHT ATTENDANTS
TO FRONT GALLEY, PLEASE.
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Pearson: I HOPE THIS IS
JUST FALSE WARNINGS.
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RICK, CAN YOU THINK OF ANYTHING
WE HAVEN'T DONE?
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Dion: NO, I CAN'T, BOB.
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[SECOND ALARM BEEPS]
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[THIRD ALARM BUZZES]
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[ENGINE WHIRRING]
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Pearson: OKAY, WE'VE LOST
THE LEFT ENGINE.
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Narrator: LOSING AN ENGINE
ERASES ANY DOUBT.
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FLIGHT 143 IS IN FACT
RUNNING OUT OF FUEL.
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Pearson: OKAY, CHECKLIST,
SINGLE ENGINE LANDING.
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Narrator: PEARSON IS TRAINED
TO LAND A 767 WITH ONE ENGINE.
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NO ONE HAS EVER TRIED
LANDING WITH NONE.
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HE SCRAMBLES TO GET
HIS PLANE DOWN
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SO THAT HE DOESN'T
BECOME THE FIRST.
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Narrator: WITH ONLY ONE ENGINE
POWERING AIR CANADA FLIGHT 143,
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AND WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF
THE OTHER ENGINE SHUTTING DOWN,
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THE CREW PREPARES THE PASSENGERS
FOR THE WORST.
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[DING]
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Attendant: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
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THIS IS YOUR IN-CHARGE
FLIGHT ATTENDANT SPEAKING.
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DUE TO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS,
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WE'LL BE PREPARING FOR
AN EMERGENCY LANDING.
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PLEASE RETURN TO YOUR SEATS
AND FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELTS.
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YOUR CREW IS FULLY TRAINED
TO DEAL WITH THIS SITUATION,
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AND AS YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED,
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SOME CREW MEMBERS HAVE ALREADY
STARTED TO PREPARE THE AIRCRAFT.
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Susan Jewett:
I HAD NO IDEA, LIKE THE REST
OF MY CREW MEMBERS,
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THAT THERE WAS
A PROBLEM WITH FUEL.
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I HAD NO IDEA WHY WE WERE
GOING TO WINNIPEG.
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Quintal: APPROACH AND LANDING,
FLAPS WILL BE 20.
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GROUND FLAP OVERRIDE.
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Dion:
AS THEY'RE DOING THAT DRILL,
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THE RIGHT HAND FUEL PUMP
LOW PRESSURE LIGHT
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WAS FLASHING AS WELL,
MUCH LIKE IT DID ON THE LEFT.
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THEY WERE QUITE BUSY CARRYING
OUT THE FIRST ENGINE OUT,
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NOT WATCHING THE PUMP LIGHTS,
WHICH WAS RIGHT AT MY EYEBROW,
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SO I KIND OF KNEW THAT THAT ONE
THERE WAS GONNA SHUT DOWN, TOO.
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[LOUD EXTENDED BEEP]
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Pearson: WHAT WAS THAT?
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[ENGINE WHIRRING]
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Attendant: VERY SHORTLY WE WILL
BEGIN GIVING YOU INSTRUCTIONS.
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Pearson: HOW COME I HAVE
NO INSTRUMENTS?
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OUR BEAUTIFUL COLORED ENGINE
AND FLIGHT INSTRUMENT DISPLAYS
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SIMPLY WENT BLACK.
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Attendant: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
PLEASE REMAIN CALM.
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Narrator: IT'S EXACTLY
WHAT PEARSON HAD FEARED.
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HE'S LOST BOTH ENGINES.
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AT 26,500 FEET, STILL 75 MILES
FROM THE NEAREST MAJOR AIRPORT,
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HE IS OUT OF FUEL.
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Quintal: WINNIPEG,
AIR CANADA 143.
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Hewett: AIR CANADA 143,
GO AHEAD.
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Quintal:
WE JUST LOST BOTH ENGINES.
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Hewett: WHEN BOTH ENGINES
SHUT OFF,
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I THINK I SAID, "HOLY,
I'M TALKING TO A DEAD MAN."
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Pearson: WE WERE TRAINED
ON THE SIMULATOR
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TO HANDLE
A SINGLE ENGINE FAILURE.
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WE HAD NEVER PRACTICED,
AND I DON'T BELIEVE MOST PILOTS
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EVER GET THE CHANCE TO PRACTICE
TOTAL ENGINE FAILURES.
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Controller:
143 JUST LOST THEIR ENGINES.
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Hewett:
IT'S HIGHLY UNLIKELY THAT
ANYBODY'S GOING TO SURVIVE THIS.
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'CAUSE I COULD SEE THEM TRYING
TO MAKE A TURN AND SPINNING IN.
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Narrator: AN AIRPLANE'S ENGINES
NOT ONLY PROVIDE THRUST,
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THEY ALSO GENERATE THE POWER
NEEDED TO MANIPULATE THE PLANE.
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IT WOULD BE COMPLETELY
UNCONTROLLABLE,
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BUT MODERN AIRLINERS ARE
LIKE A SWISS ARMY KNIFE,
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WITH ONE LAST BLADE HIDDEN AWAY.
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IN THE EVENT OF A LOSS OF POWER,
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THEY AUTOMATICALLY DEPLOY
THE RAT, OR RAM AIR TURBINE.
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Dion: IT'S SPRING LOADED,
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AND THE PROPELLER THAT DRIVES
THIS SMALL HYDRAULIC PUMP
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IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF A PROPELLER
YOU WOULD SEE
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LIKE ON A LITTLE CESSNA 150,
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AND THIS ARM CATAPULTS DOWN
INTO THE SLIPSTREAM.
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THIS PROPELLER STARTS TO TURN,
DRIVES THIS HYDRAULIC PUMP,
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AND IT GIVES YOU BASIC SYSTEMS.
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Quintal: IT WAS PRETTY QUIET
FLYING IN WITHOUT MOTORS.
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Narrator: PEARSON KNOWS
THAT TIME IS RUNNING OUT.
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HE NEEDS DIRECTIONS TO
THE CLOSEST LANDING STRIP.
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Pearson: 143, THIS IS A MAYDAY,
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AND WE REQUIRE VECTOR ONTO
THE CLOSEST AVAILABLE RUNWAY.
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Hewett:
143, WE COPY THAT ALL, OKAY?
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Narrator: BUT THE LOSS
OF THE PLANE'S ENGINES
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HAS HAD AN UNEXPECTED
CONSEQUENCE
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AT AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL.
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Hewett: THEY'RE GONE.
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THEY WERE RIGHT HERE.
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WE'VE LOST THEM,
HE'S DROPPED OFF THE SCREEN.
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I NEED PRIMARY RADAR.
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143, WE'VE LOST
YOUR TRANSPONDER RETURN
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AND ARE ATTEMPTING TO PICK UP
YOUR TARGET NOW.
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WE WORK ON TRANSPONDER,
IT'S CALLED SECONDARY RADAR.
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WE TAKE THE PILOT'S SIGNAL
TO PAINT THE AIRCRAFT.
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Narrator: COMMERCIAL JETLINERS
ARE EQUIPPED WITH A TRANSPONDER,
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A DEVICE THAT TRANSMITS
CODED INFORMATION
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WHICH AIR TRAFFIC
CONTROLLERS USE
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TO DETERMINE
THE PLANE'S LOCATION.
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BUT WHEN FLIGHT 143
LOST ITS SECOND ENGINE,
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ONLY A SMALL NUMBER OF ITEMS
GOT BACKUP POWER.
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THE TRANSPONDER
WAS NOT ONE OF THEM,
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SO THE PLANE DISAPPEARED
FROM HEWETT'S SCREEN.
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FLIGHT 143 IS SOMEWHERE
EAST OF WINNIPEG,
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BUT NO ONE KNOWS EXACTLY WHERE,
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OR HOW FAR IT IS
FROM THE AIRPORT.
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IN SPITE OF ITS ENORMOUS WEIGHT,
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A 767 DOESN'T PLUNGE FROM THE
SKY WHEN IT LOSES ITS ENGINES.
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ITS AERODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
KEEP IT IN THE AIR,
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BUT SLOWLY COASTING TO EARTH.
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Quintal:
AND I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE
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HOW MANY MILES
WE WERE MOVING AHEAD
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VERSUS HOW MANY THOUSANDS
OF FEET WE WERE DROPPING.
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Narrator: BUT QUINTAL DOESN'T
HAVE THE INSTRUMENTS
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WHICH PROVIDE THE INFORMATION HE
NEEDS TO MAKE THAT CALCULATION.
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SINCE HE LOST
THE PLANE'S SIGNAL,
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HEWETT CAN'T GIVE QUINTAL
THAT INFORMATION EITHER.
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CONTROLLERS HURRIEDLY WORK TO
RIG UP A WAY TO FIND THE PLANE.
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Attendant: JUST BEFORE LANDING,
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YOU WILL HEAR THE COMMAND,
"BRACE FOR LANDING."
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BRACE IMMEDIATELY...
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Narrator:
BRYCE BELL IS A BUSINESSMAN
ON HIS WAY HOME TO EDMONTON.
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Bryce Bell:
AS SOON AS THEY ANNOUNCED
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THAT WE WERE MAKING
AN UNSCHEDULED STOP IN WINNIPEG,
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I IMMEDIATELY WISHED I HADN'T
HAD THE TWO DRINKS THAT I'D HAD,
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'CAUSE I THOUGHT YOU'RE GONNA
HAVE A SPLIT SECOND HERE,
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00:15:15,247 --> 00:15:17,750
AND THIS PLANE'S GONNA
EXPLODE IN FLAME,
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00:15:17,750 --> 00:15:20,219
AND THE DECISION YOU MAKE
IN THAT SPLIT SECOND
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00:15:20,219 --> 00:15:23,489
WILL DEPEND ON
HOW ALERT YOU ARE.
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Jewett: THE RESPONSE
OF THE PASSENGERS
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WHEN WE WERE DOING
THE EMERGENCY BRIEFING
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WAS BASICALLY ALERT.
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THEY WERE LOOKING AT US.
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00:15:34,300 --> 00:15:39,472
THEY WERE PAYING ATTENTION
TO EVERY WORD WE WERE SAYING.
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I COULDN'T HAVE HAD
BETTER PASSENGERS.
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Hewett: I THINK THAT'S HIM.
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LET'S SAY THAT'S HIM.
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Narrator:
BECAUSE THEIR MODERN EQUIPMENT
CAN'T SEE AIR CANADA 143,
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THE CONTROLLERS SWITCH
TO OLD-FASHIONED RADAR,
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WHICH DOESN'T NEED A TRANSPONDER
TO LOCATE PLANES.
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Hewett: I GOT TO TURN UP
MY TRUE RADAR,
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THE REFLECTIVE RADAR,
WHICH IS NOT NEARLY AS GOOD,
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AND WE DON'T USE IT AT ALL
IF WE CAN HELP IT.
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00:16:11,804 --> 00:16:13,472
OKAY, I GOT IT.
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65 FROM WINNIPEG, 45 FROM GIMLI.
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143, WE HAVE YOU
AT 65 MILES FROM WINNIPEG
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AND APPROXIMATELY
45 MILES FROM GIMLI.
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Narrator: FOR THE FIRST TIME
SINCE LOSING POWER,
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THE PILOTS KNOW THEIR DISTANCE
TO WINNIPEG.
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00:16:30,356 --> 00:16:33,826
Pearson: WE MIGHT MAKE WINNIPEG.
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Narrator:
QUINTAL, HOWEVER, THINKS
THAT GIMLI IS A SAFER BET.
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GIMLI, MANITOBA, HAS
A DECOMMISSIONED AIR FORCE BASE.
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IT'S ABOUT 20 MILES
CLOSER THAN WINNIPEG.
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AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT,
MAURICE QUINTAL TRAINED AT GIMLI
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WHILE IN THE ARMED FORCES.
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HE KNOWS IT WELL.
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00:16:56,081 --> 00:16:58,617
Quintal: 45 MILES TO GIMLI.
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00:16:58,617 --> 00:17:02,254
THAT IS A LONG RUNWAY.
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00:17:02,254 --> 00:17:05,724
Pearson: IS THERE
EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT AT GIMLI?
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00:17:05,724 --> 00:17:07,626
Hewett: NEGATIVE
EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT AT ALL,
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JUST ONE RUNWAY AVAILABLE,
I BELIEVE, AND NO CONTROL TOWER,
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00:17:12,131 --> 00:17:14,300
AND NO INFORMATION ON IT.
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00:17:14,300 --> 00:17:15,468
Narrator: PEARSON MUST CONSIDER
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THE POSSIBILITY
OF A CRASH LANDING.
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IF HE HAS ANY CHANCE
OF MAKING IT TO WINNIPEG,
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00:17:20,406 --> 00:17:22,575
WHICH HAS FULL
EMERGENCY SUPPORT,
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00:17:22,575 --> 00:17:24,743
HE KNOWS HE MUST TRY FOR IT.
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00:17:24,743 --> 00:17:28,914
Pearson: OKAY, THEN,
WE WOULD PREFER WINNIPEG.
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00:17:28,914 --> 00:17:31,851
Hewett: FINE, 143, CONTINUE
YOUR PRESENT HEADING.
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00:17:35,387 --> 00:17:39,859
Jewett: WE ALL REACTED
VERY BUSINESSLIKE,
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00:17:39,859 --> 00:17:46,065
AND SAY SOMETHING SPECIFICALLY
TO THE SITUATION,
343
00:17:46,065 --> 00:17:49,301
BUT NEVER WOULD WE EVER
LOOK AT EACH OTHER.
344
00:17:49,301 --> 00:17:52,071
I THINK WE WERE ALL AFRAID
THAT WE MIGHT BREAK DOWN.
345
00:17:52,071 --> 00:17:53,572
Bell: PARENTS WERE HUGGING
THEIR LITTLE KIDS,
346
00:17:53,572 --> 00:17:55,975
AND PEOPLE WERE BUSY
SCRIBBLING AWAY,
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00:17:55,975 --> 00:17:57,476
WHICH I FOUND OUT
AFTERWARDS WERE,
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00:17:57,476 --> 00:17:59,478
THEY WERE WRITING THEIR NOTES
TO LOVED ONES,
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00:17:59,478 --> 00:18:02,148
AND THEIR WILLS, AND
ALL KINDS OF THINGS LIKE THAT.
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00:18:02,148 --> 00:18:04,917
IT WAS PRETTY NERVE-WRACKING.
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00:18:04,917 --> 00:18:07,586
Hewett: 143, A QUESTION
IF YOU HAVE THE TIME.
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00:18:07,586 --> 00:18:10,055
Quintal: OKAY, GO AHEAD.
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00:18:10,055 --> 00:18:12,424
Hewett: TOTAL NUMBER
OF PERSONS ON BOARD, PLEASE.
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00:18:12,424 --> 00:18:15,561
Narrator: THE ACTUAL NUMBER
OF PEOPLE ON BOARD IS 69,
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00:18:15,561 --> 00:18:17,463
BUT QUINTAL IS OVERTAXED.
356
00:18:17,463 --> 00:18:19,131
HE GIVES A LOWER NUMBER
IN ERROR.
357
00:18:19,131 --> 00:18:23,435
Quintal: I HAVE 33 PEOPLE
ON BOARD, INCLUDING THE CREW.
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00:18:23,435 --> 00:18:24,904
Hewett: OKAY.
359
00:18:24,904 --> 00:18:29,808
I HAVE TO ASK OF SOULS ON BOARD.
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00:18:29,808 --> 00:18:33,145
I KNOW HE'S BUSY, I DON'T WANT
TO ASK HIM QUESTIONS,
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00:18:33,145 --> 00:18:34,747
BUT I HAVE TO.
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00:18:34,747 --> 00:18:39,818
THIS THING COULD GO DOWN
IN THE LAKE OR THE FIELD,
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00:18:39,818 --> 00:18:42,555
AND I REMEMBER THINKING, GREAT--
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00:18:42,555 --> 00:18:45,824
I KNOW THIS AIRPLANE
CARRIES ABOUT 300 PEOPLE--
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00:18:45,824 --> 00:18:49,728
AT LEAST IT'S NOT 300.
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00:18:49,728 --> 00:18:53,132
Jewett: AND I REMEMBER TELLING
A MOTHER WITH A BABY,
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00:18:53,132 --> 00:18:55,568
AND I HAD...
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00:19:03,108 --> 00:19:05,945
MY DAUGHTER, VICTORIA,
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00:19:05,945 --> 00:19:09,048
AND TELLING THIS WOMAN
THAT IT WAS GONNA BE OKAY,
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00:19:09,048 --> 00:19:11,550
AND I DID IT, I DID,
I WAS SO PROUD OF MYSELF
371
00:19:11,550 --> 00:19:15,287
THAT I COULD BE
SO STRAIGHT WITH HER,
372
00:19:15,287 --> 00:19:17,122
AND TELL HER THAT
IT WAS GONNA BE ALL RIGHT,
373
00:19:17,122 --> 00:19:20,459
AND REALLY LOOK AT HER
IN THE EYES.
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00:19:20,459 --> 00:19:22,962
Pearson: OKAY, HOW FAR FROM
THE FIELD ARE WE NOW?
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00:19:22,962 --> 00:19:25,297
Hewett: YOU ARE 35, CORRECTION,
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MAKE THAT 39 MILES
FROM WINNIPEG.
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00:19:27,433 --> 00:19:28,901
Pearson: ROGER.
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00:19:28,901 --> 00:19:32,371
Narrator: NOW THAT CONTROLLERS
CAN SEE FLIGHT 143 ON RADAR,
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00:19:32,371 --> 00:19:34,807
THEY CAN PROVIDE QUINTAL
WITH THE INFORMATION HE NEEDS
380
00:19:34,807 --> 00:19:38,177
TO FIGURE OUT IF HE CAN GLIDE
AS FAR AS WINNIPEG.
381
00:19:38,177 --> 00:19:40,012
Hewett: ROGER,
WHAT IS YOUR ALTITUDE NOW?
382
00:19:40,012 --> 00:19:41,013
Quintal: 8.5.
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00:19:41,013 --> 00:19:42,448
Pearson: 8.5.
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00:19:42,448 --> 00:19:44,917
Narrator: ABOUT 8,500 FEET
ABOVE THE GROUND,
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00:19:44,917 --> 00:19:47,786
CAPTAIN PEARSON CAN
SEE HIS DESTINATION.
386
00:19:47,786 --> 00:19:50,723
WINNIPEG'S AIRPORT IS
LESS THAN 35 MILES AWAY.
387
00:19:50,723 --> 00:19:52,157
Pearson: WE'RE VISUAL.
388
00:19:52,157 --> 00:19:55,427
Narrator: BUT THE NEWS
FROM QUINTAL IS NOT GOOD.
389
00:19:55,427 --> 00:19:57,796
Quintal: BOB?
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00:19:57,796 --> 00:20:00,766
WE CAN LAST MAYBE
ANOTHER 20 MILES.
391
00:20:00,766 --> 00:20:03,235
WE'RE NOT GONNA MAKE WINNIPEG.
392
00:20:03,235 --> 00:20:04,670
Narrator: QUINTAL HAS CALCULATED
THAT AT THE RATE
393
00:20:04,670 --> 00:20:06,505
THEY'RE FALLING,
THEY WOULD HIT THE GROUND
394
00:20:06,505 --> 00:20:09,341
A FULL 15 MILES
SHORT OF THE RUNWAY.
395
00:20:09,341 --> 00:20:11,577
Pearson: HOW FAR ARE WE
FROM GIMLI?
396
00:20:14,246 --> 00:20:18,617
Hewett: YOU'RE APPROXIMATELY
12 MILES FROM GIMLI RIGHT NOW.
397
00:20:18,617 --> 00:20:21,587
Pearson: WHERE IS IT?
398
00:20:21,587 --> 00:20:24,623
Hewett: WHICH WAY IS HE MOVING?
399
00:20:24,623 --> 00:20:25,958
ON YOUR RIGHT.
400
00:20:25,958 --> 00:20:30,462
TURN RIGHT TO A HEADING OF 345.
401
00:20:30,462 --> 00:20:32,564
I WOULD SAY YOU HAVE
10 MILES TO FLY.
402
00:20:32,564 --> 00:20:34,233
Pearson: OKAY, FINE.
403
00:20:34,233 --> 00:20:37,136
WE'RE GONNA GO THERE.
404
00:20:37,136 --> 00:20:38,837
Dion: I'M GONNA GO
CHECK ON MY FAMILY.
405
00:20:38,837 --> 00:20:41,173
YOU GUYS DON'T NEED ME
UP HERE RIGHT NOW, HUH?
406
00:20:41,173 --> 00:20:43,175
Pearson: NO, NO, WE'RE OKAY.
407
00:20:50,349 --> 00:20:51,517
Dion: DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
EVERYTHING'S OKAY.
408
00:20:51,517 --> 00:20:52,951
THEY GOT IT UNDER CONTROL.
409
00:20:52,951 --> 00:20:55,154
MAKE SURE YOUR SEAT BELTS
ARE TIGHT, ALL RIGHT?
410
00:20:59,892 --> 00:21:02,928
Jewett: WHEN I WENT FINALLY
TO SIT DOWN IN MY SEAT,
411
00:21:02,928 --> 00:21:08,767
THIS IS WHERE I THOUGHT,
WOW, YOU KNOW, THIS IS IT.
412
00:21:19,812 --> 00:21:21,146
Pearson: LANDING GEAR DOWN.
413
00:21:21,146 --> 00:21:22,648
Quintal: ROGER.
414
00:21:22,648 --> 00:21:25,150
Narrator: FIRST OFFICER QUINTAL
LOWERS THE LANDING GEAR.
415
00:21:25,150 --> 00:21:26,885
BECAUSE THERE'S
NO HYDRAULIC POWER,
416
00:21:26,885 --> 00:21:29,354
QUINTAL DOES WHAT'S KNOWN
AS A GRAVITY DROP,
417
00:21:29,354 --> 00:21:33,358
LETTING THE GEAR'S OWN WEIGHT
DROP AND LOCK INTO PLACE.
418
00:21:33,358 --> 00:21:35,027
THE TWO MAIN GEAR ARE HEAVY.
419
00:21:35,027 --> 00:21:36,495
THEY FALL IMMEDIATELY,
420
00:21:36,495 --> 00:21:38,864
AND TWO GREEN LIGHTS
CONFIRM THEY HAVE LOCKED.
421
00:21:38,864 --> 00:21:40,432
BUT THE NOSE GEAR IS LIGHTER.
422
00:21:40,432 --> 00:21:42,501
IT DOESN'T LOCK.
423
00:21:42,501 --> 00:21:47,539
Pearson:
WE COULD HEAR THE MAIN GEAR
CLEARLY FALLING AND LOCKING.
424
00:21:47,539 --> 00:21:52,244
I WAS NOT AWARE THAT THE NOSE
GEAR WAS NOT DOWN AND LOCKED.
425
00:21:52,244 --> 00:21:53,912
Quintal:
IT WAS SORT OF LAST MINUTE,
426
00:21:53,912 --> 00:21:58,517
AND IF IT'S SOMETHING
THAT YOU CANNOT CONTROL,
427
00:21:58,517 --> 00:22:00,385
YOU DON'T TALK OF IT,
YOU DON'T MENTION IT.
428
00:22:00,385 --> 00:22:03,088
YOU KNOW, THE MAIN THING WAS
429
00:22:03,088 --> 00:22:05,758
BRING THE AIRCRAFT
ON THE RUNWAY.
430
00:22:05,758 --> 00:22:07,326
Hewett:
FIVE MILES TO TOUCHDOWN.
431
00:22:07,326 --> 00:22:08,393
Pearson: ROGER.
432
00:22:08,393 --> 00:22:10,696
WE HAVE THE FIELD IN SIGHT.
433
00:22:10,696 --> 00:22:12,231
Narrator: 5 MILES FROM GIMLI,
434
00:22:12,231 --> 00:22:15,868
PEARSON AND QUINTAL FINALLY SEE
A RUNWAY THEY CAN LAND ON.
435
00:22:15,868 --> 00:22:17,703
BUT THERE'S A PROBLEM.
436
00:22:17,703 --> 00:22:19,138
Quintal: WE'RE TOO CLOSE, HUH?
437
00:22:19,138 --> 00:22:21,373
IT'S GONNA BE TOO STEEP,
TOO FAST.
438
00:22:21,373 --> 00:22:24,777
Pearson: YEAH, I KNOW.
439
00:22:24,777 --> 00:22:26,912
Narrator: PEARSON IS
ALMOST AT THE RUNWAY,
440
00:22:26,912 --> 00:22:29,181
BUT HE'S MUCH TOO HIGH ABOVE IT.
441
00:22:29,181 --> 00:22:31,450
IF HE COMES DOWN AT
A NORMAL DESCENT RATE,
442
00:22:31,450 --> 00:22:34,253
HE'LL MISS THE LANDING STRIP.
443
00:22:34,253 --> 00:22:35,888
BUT IF HE COMES DOWN STEEPLY,
444
00:22:35,888 --> 00:22:38,724
HIS PLANE WILL GATHER
A DANGEROUS AMOUNT OF SPEED.
445
00:22:38,724 --> 00:22:42,461
HE WON'T BE ABLE TO STOP
BEFORE THE END OF THE RUNWAY.
446
00:22:42,461 --> 00:22:45,697
Pearson: IN THE NORMAL APPROACH
WE HAVE LEADING EDGE
447
00:22:45,697 --> 00:22:47,599
AND TRAILING EDGE FLAPS
WHICH ALLOW US
448
00:22:47,599 --> 00:22:52,137
TO SLOW THE AIRPLANE DOWN AND
FLY AT A SLOWER SPEED SAFELY.
449
00:22:52,137 --> 00:22:54,273
WE DID NOT HAVE THOSE FLAPS,
450
00:22:54,273 --> 00:22:56,842
AS THEY RUN OFF
THE MAIN HYDRAULIC SYSTEM.
451
00:22:56,842 --> 00:22:58,777
Quintal:
SO NOW WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO?
452
00:22:58,777 --> 00:23:01,480
SO WE DISCUSS,
WE HAVE TWO POSSIBILITIES.
453
00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:06,151
ONE OF THEM WAS TO DO
A 360-DEGREE TURN
454
00:23:06,151 --> 00:23:10,455
AND LOSE THE EXCESS OF ALTITUDE.
455
00:23:10,455 --> 00:23:14,059
ON THE OTHER HAND, I THOUGHT IT
WOULD TAKE ABOUT THREE MINUTES,
456
00:23:14,059 --> 00:23:17,229
AND WE WERE ALREADY DESCENDING
457
00:23:17,229 --> 00:23:20,098
AT A RATE OF
2,500 FEET A MINUTE.
458
00:23:20,098 --> 00:23:22,734
Narrator: ONLY ABOUT 3,000 FEET
ABOVE THE GROUND,
459
00:23:22,734 --> 00:23:25,504
THE PLANE DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH
ALTITUDE TO MAKE A FULL CIRCLE.
460
00:23:25,504 --> 00:23:26,705
IT WOULD HIT THE GROUND
461
00:23:26,705 --> 00:23:29,474
BEFORE MAKING IT BACK
TO THE LANDING STRIP.
462
00:23:29,474 --> 00:23:31,543
PEARSON CHOOSES A SECOND OPTION.
463
00:23:31,543 --> 00:23:35,314
Pearson: WELL, I GUESS
I'LL JUST SLIP IT.
464
00:23:38,784 --> 00:23:41,820
Narrator: PEARSON DECIDES TO TRY
A MANEUVER CALLED A SIDE-SLIP,
465
00:23:41,820 --> 00:23:44,289
PRACTICALLY UNHEARD OF
ON COMMERCIAL AIRLINERS,
466
00:23:44,289 --> 00:23:46,692
BUT SOMETIMES USED
BY GLIDER PILOTS.
467
00:23:46,692 --> 00:23:50,596
AND BOB PEARSON HAS A LOT
OF EXPERIENCE FLYING GLIDERS.
468
00:23:50,596 --> 00:23:52,030
Pearson: I'M JUST GONNA
SLIP IT DOWN
469
00:23:52,030 --> 00:23:53,932
TILL WE'RE ALMOST DOWN
AT THE RUNWAY,
470
00:23:53,932 --> 00:23:55,334
THEN I'LL STRAIGHTEN OUT.
471
00:23:55,334 --> 00:23:56,869
Quintal: OKAY.
472
00:23:56,869 --> 00:23:58,670
Narrator: SIDE-SLIPPING
INVOLVES WHAT'S KNOWN AS
473
00:23:58,670 --> 00:24:00,239
CROSSING THE CONTROLS.
474
00:24:00,239 --> 00:24:01,874
Pearson: HERE WE GO...
475
00:24:01,874 --> 00:24:03,842
Narrator: PEARSON PLANS
TO FORCE THE AIRCRAFT
476
00:24:03,842 --> 00:24:06,879
INTO A SIDEWAYS FREEFALL,
ALLOWING IT TO DROP QUICKLY
477
00:24:06,879 --> 00:24:10,716
WITHOUT INCREASING
ITS FORWARD AIRSPEED.
478
00:24:10,716 --> 00:24:14,019
PERFORMING A SIDE-SLIP MANEUVER
IN A GLIDER IS ONE THING--
479
00:24:14,019 --> 00:24:18,357
BUT ATTEMPTING ONE IN A 767
IS HIGHLY RISKY.
480
00:24:18,357 --> 00:24:21,727
Pearson: THE ONLY WAY THAT
I COULD CONTROL OUR SPEED
481
00:24:21,727 --> 00:24:24,363
AND OUR DESCENT PROFILE
WITH THE RUNWAY
482
00:24:24,363 --> 00:24:26,732
WAS TO INDUCE DRAG
IN THE FUSELAGE
483
00:24:26,732 --> 00:24:31,103
BY CROSS-CONTROLLING THE RUDDER
AND THE ELEVATORS ON THE TAIL,
484
00:24:31,103 --> 00:24:32,971
AND THE AILERONS
ON THE WING TIPS
485
00:24:32,971 --> 00:24:38,010
AND CAUSE THE AIRCRAFT
INTO A CRAB CONFIGURATION.
486
00:24:38,010 --> 00:24:42,848
THEN I CAN VARY THAT TO INCREASE
OR DECREASE OUR SPEED,
487
00:24:42,848 --> 00:24:45,951
OR INCREASE OR DECREASE
OUR DESCENT RATE.
488
00:24:45,951 --> 00:24:47,853
Narrator: PEARSON CONTROLS
THE PLANE'S DESCENT
489
00:24:47,853 --> 00:24:49,721
BY USING HIS RUDDERS
AND AILERONS
490
00:24:49,721 --> 00:24:52,190
TO CHANGE THE ANGLE
OF THE PLANE.
491
00:24:52,190 --> 00:24:53,692
CROSSING THE CONTROLS INVOLVES
492
00:24:53,692 --> 00:24:55,661
TIPPING THE WINGS
IN ONE DIRECTION,
493
00:24:55,661 --> 00:24:58,263
BUT TURNING THE AIRCRAFT
IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION,
494
00:24:58,263 --> 00:25:02,401
PUSHING IT SIDEWAYS
INTO THE ONCOMING AIR.
495
00:25:02,401 --> 00:25:06,071
AS FLIGHT 143 BEGINS TO DROP
TOWARDS THE EARTH,
496
00:25:06,071 --> 00:25:10,008
QUINTAL IS ABOUT TO DISCOVER
SOMETHING HE DID NOT EXPECT.
497
00:25:10,008 --> 00:25:13,512
THE RUNWAY HE TRAINED AT
15 YEARS AGO...
498
00:25:18,550 --> 00:25:20,452
...IS NO LONGER A RUNWAY.
499
00:25:26,025 --> 00:25:29,228
Narrator: CAPTAIN BOB PEARSON
IS OUT OF FUEL, OUT OF ENGINES,
500
00:25:29,228 --> 00:25:30,663
OUT OF OPTIONS.
501
00:25:30,663 --> 00:25:32,932
IF HE CAN'T LINE UP WITH
THE RUNWAY AT GIMLI,
502
00:25:32,932 --> 00:25:35,234
HE DOESN'T GET A SECOND CHANCE.
503
00:25:41,407 --> 00:25:46,579
PEARSON TURNS THE YOKE LEFT AND
PUSHES THE RUDDERS TO THE RIGHT.
504
00:25:46,579 --> 00:25:48,681
THE PLANE SLIPS
505
00:25:48,681 --> 00:25:50,516
TO ITS LEFT.
506
00:25:54,820 --> 00:25:57,523
THE 767 LOSES ALTITUDE QUICKLY,
507
00:25:57,523 --> 00:25:59,792
PLOWING SIDEWAYS
THROUGH THE AIR.
508
00:25:59,792 --> 00:26:03,295
Quintal: WHEN I LOOKED TO
THE LEFT OF THE AIRCRAFT,
509
00:26:03,295 --> 00:26:07,133
I WAS LOOKING DIRECTLY
AT THE GROUND,
510
00:26:07,133 --> 00:26:11,137
BECAUSE THE AIRPLANE IS,
IS ANGLED QUITE,
511
00:26:11,137 --> 00:26:14,073
I DON'T KNOW, ABOUT MAYBE
60 DEGREES OF BANKS.
512
00:26:16,075 --> 00:26:19,078
Dion: I SAW A SAND TRAP
FROM THIS GOLF COURSE,
513
00:26:19,078 --> 00:26:23,449
AND I THOUGHT,
WE'RE GONNA CRASH.
514
00:26:23,449 --> 00:26:25,918
Narrator: PEARSON MUST MAINTAIN
A CRUCIAL BALANCE.
515
00:26:25,918 --> 00:26:27,453
HE'S GOT TO SLOW
THE PLANE ENOUGH
516
00:26:27,453 --> 00:26:31,290
TO BE ABLE TO LAND SAFELY,
BUT IF HE SLOWS DOWN TOO MUCH,
517
00:26:31,290 --> 00:26:37,229
THE AIRLINER COULD LOSE ITS LIFT
AND PLUMMET TO THE GROUND.
518
00:26:37,229 --> 00:26:38,430
AS THEY APPROACH,
519
00:26:38,430 --> 00:26:42,735
PEARSON IS COMPLETELY
FOCUSED ON THE RUNWAY.
520
00:26:42,735 --> 00:26:46,472
Pearson: I GOT TUNNEL VISION
LIKE I'VE NEVER HAD IT BEFORE.
521
00:26:46,472 --> 00:26:50,142
IT WAS JUST OUR SPEED
AND OUR RELATIONSHIP
522
00:26:50,142 --> 00:26:52,845
WITH THE THRESHOLD
OF THE RUNWAY.
523
00:26:52,845 --> 00:26:55,481
Narrator: BUT NOW, ONLY HUNDREDS
OF FEET FROM THE GROUND,
524
00:26:55,481 --> 00:26:58,751
QUINTAL SEES THAT THEIR TROUBLES
ARE FAR FROM OVER.
525
00:27:01,287 --> 00:27:03,389
THE GIMLI LANDING STRIP
HAS BEEN CONVERTED
526
00:27:03,389 --> 00:27:05,424
INTO A DRAG RACING STRIP.
527
00:27:13,365 --> 00:27:16,535
TODAY IS SATURDAY, FAMILY DAY.
528
00:27:19,538 --> 00:27:21,140
RACING IS DONE FOR THE DAY,
529
00:27:21,140 --> 00:27:22,408
BUT THE AIRFIELD IS FILLED
530
00:27:22,408 --> 00:27:24,510
WITH MEMBERS OF
THE LOCAL SPORTS CAR CLUB
531
00:27:24,510 --> 00:27:27,479
CAMPING OUT WITH THEIR FAMILIES
FOR THE WEEKEND.
532
00:27:35,688 --> 00:27:40,626
TWO CHILDREN HAVE DECIDED TO
PEDAL THE LENGTH OF THE RUNWAY.
533
00:27:40,626 --> 00:27:43,095
THEY DON'T HEAR THE PLANE
COMING FOR THEM.
534
00:27:43,095 --> 00:27:46,031
WITHOUT ENGINES, IT'S SILENT.
535
00:27:46,031 --> 00:27:50,903
AND ONE THING THE 767
DOESN'T HAVE IS A HORN.
536
00:27:50,903 --> 00:27:53,439
Attendant: BRACE.
BRACE FOR LANDING.
537
00:28:03,482 --> 00:28:05,985
Pearson: THE NOSE HIT WITH
QUITE A BANG ON THE RUNWAY.
538
00:28:05,985 --> 00:28:08,554
IT SOUNDED LIKE A SHOTGUN
GOING OFF AT OUR FEET.
539
00:28:08,554 --> 00:28:10,856
Narrator: THE FRONT LANDING GEAR
GIVES OUT IMMEDIATELY.
540
00:28:10,856 --> 00:28:12,324
PEARSON BRAKES HARD.
541
00:28:12,324 --> 00:28:15,828
TWO TIRES BLOW OUT.
542
00:28:15,828 --> 00:28:18,230
THE BOTTOM OF THE RIGHT ENGINE
SCRAPES THE RUNWAY.
543
00:28:18,230 --> 00:28:19,231
Pearson: I WAS A ROBOT.
544
00:28:19,231 --> 00:28:21,834
THERE WAS JUST
NO EMOTION AT ALL.
545
00:28:21,834 --> 00:28:24,370
Narrator: FINALLY, PEARSON
SEES WHAT'S IN THEIR PATH.
546
00:28:24,370 --> 00:28:25,437
Pearson: AND I LOOKED UP,
547
00:28:25,437 --> 00:28:28,440
AND I COULD SEE
TWO BOYS ON BICYCLES,
548
00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:31,977
AND THEY MUST HAVE BEEN PROBABLY
ABOUT 1,000 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY
549
00:28:31,977 --> 00:28:34,480
FROM OUR POSITION
WHEN I SAW THEM.
550
00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:38,083
AND I CAN STILL REMEMBER THE
LOOK OF TERROR ON THEIR FACES,
551
00:28:38,083 --> 00:28:40,753
SO THEY WERE CLOSE ENOUGH
FOR ME TO SEE THAT.
552
00:28:42,821 --> 00:28:44,490
Narrator: WITH NO NOSE GEAR
TO STEER WITH,
553
00:28:44,490 --> 00:28:47,760
PEARSON'S ONLY HOPE OF DRIVING
THE PLANE LEFT OR RIGHT
554
00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:52,131
IS BY VARYING THE BRAKE PRESSURE
ON THE TWO MAIN LANDING GEARS.
555
00:28:52,131 --> 00:28:56,635
Pearson:
THAT'S WHEN MY HEART STARTED
TO PITTER PATTER A LITTLE BIT.
556
00:28:56,635 --> 00:28:59,071
Narrator: THE KIDS PANIC
AND TRY TO OUTRUN A PLANE
557
00:28:59,071 --> 00:29:01,540
THAT'S TRAVELING ABOUT
200 MILES PER HOUR.
558
00:29:01,540 --> 00:29:04,076
Pearson: I KNEW I COULDN'T TAKE
THE AIRPLANE INTO THESE BOYS,
559
00:29:04,076 --> 00:29:08,647
AND I WAS GONNA TAKE IT OFF
INTO THE GRASS ON THE RACE SIDE.
560
00:29:08,647 --> 00:29:12,618
THERE WERE CAMPERS ALONG
THE WEST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY
561
00:29:12,618 --> 00:29:16,555
THAT I DIDN'T NOTICE UNTIL
AFTER WE'D TOUCHED DOWN,
562
00:29:16,555 --> 00:29:20,025
AND THE NOSE WAS ON THE GROUND,
AND I CAN STILL REMEMBER
563
00:29:20,025 --> 00:29:23,562
AT THE LEFT SIDE, PEOPLE
STANDING BY THEIR BARBECUES.
564
00:29:23,562 --> 00:29:25,497
Narrator: DINO CALVERT IS
AT THE TRACK WITH HIS FRIENDS
565
00:29:25,497 --> 00:29:28,200
FOR A WEEKEND OF RACING.
566
00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:29,735
Dino Calvert:
ONE OF THE GENTLEMEN IN THE PITS
567
00:29:29,735 --> 00:29:33,505
SUDDENLY JUMPED IN HIS CAR,
AND HE TOOK OFF, AND I THOUGHT,
568
00:29:33,505 --> 00:29:36,942
WELL, YOU DON'T DRIVE LIKE THAT
IN THE PITS USUALLY,
569
00:29:36,942 --> 00:29:41,347
AND I LOOKED UP, AND ALL
I COULD SEE WAS SMOKE RISING.
570
00:29:41,347 --> 00:29:44,450
Narrator: PEARSON DOES ALL HE
CAN TO STOP THE PLANE IN TIME.
571
00:29:44,450 --> 00:29:46,385
Calvert: HOLY CROW!
572
00:29:52,858 --> 00:29:54,259
Narrator:
THE PLANE PLOWS INTO A GUARDRAIL
573
00:29:54,259 --> 00:29:57,363
INSTALLED DOWN THE MIDDLE
OF THE RUNWAY.
574
00:30:05,304 --> 00:30:07,706
17 MINUTES AFTER
RUNNING OUT OF FUEL,
575
00:30:07,706 --> 00:30:11,577
AIR CANADA FLIGHT 143 COMES
TO A FINAL STOP ON THE GROUND.
576
00:30:11,577 --> 00:30:14,980
Dion: YEAH? YOU OKAY?
577
00:30:14,980 --> 00:30:16,281
Attendant: EVACUATE! EVACUATE!
578
00:30:16,281 --> 00:30:17,783
Jewett: EVACUATE!
579
00:30:17,783 --> 00:30:19,218
Dion: ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO.
WE GOT TO GET OFF THE PLANE.
580
00:30:19,218 --> 00:30:20,486
Narrator: THICK SMOKE IS
QUICKLY WORKING ITS WAY
581
00:30:20,486 --> 00:30:22,020
BACK THROUGH THE CABIN.
582
00:30:22,020 --> 00:30:23,956
THE CREW DOESN'T
TAKE ANY CHANCES.
583
00:30:23,956 --> 00:30:27,092
THEY WANT EVERYONE OFF THE PLANE
AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
584
00:30:27,092 --> 00:30:30,362
Bell: THERE WAS A SENSE OF JOY
AND THEN, THEN A PANIC, KINDA.
585
00:30:30,362 --> 00:30:32,030
IT SEEMED TO GO IN WAVES,
AND THEN A PANIC,
586
00:30:32,030 --> 00:30:36,034
SAYING WE GOTTA GET OUT OF HERE,
WE GOTTA GET OUT OF HERE.
587
00:30:36,034 --> 00:30:39,204
Narrator: LESS THAN TWO MONTHS
EARLIER, AN AIR CANADA DC-9
588
00:30:39,204 --> 00:30:42,107
MADE A SUCCESSFUL EMERGENCY
LANDING IN CINCINNATI
589
00:30:42,107 --> 00:30:44,209
ONLY TO BURST INTO FLAMES
ON THE TARMAC
590
00:30:44,209 --> 00:30:47,880
BEFORE ALL THE PASSENGERS
COULD GET OFF.
591
00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:49,548
23 PEOPLE DIED.
592
00:30:49,548 --> 00:30:51,417
THE CREW AND PASSENGERS
OF THIS FLIGHT
593
00:30:51,417 --> 00:30:54,620
WANT TO AVOID A SIMILAR FATE.
594
00:30:54,620 --> 00:30:56,955
Quintal: IT TOOK MAYBE
JUST A FEW SECONDS
595
00:30:56,955 --> 00:30:59,758
TO COME UP TO A FULL HALT
ON THE RUNWAY,
596
00:30:59,758 --> 00:31:03,095
BUT THE COCKPIT
WAS FULL OF SMOKE.
597
00:31:03,095 --> 00:31:05,330
Quintal: PASSENGER CHECKLIST.
598
00:31:05,330 --> 00:31:06,698
FUEL SHUT OFF.
599
00:31:06,698 --> 00:31:07,699
Pearson: OFF.
600
00:31:07,699 --> 00:31:09,902
Quintal: CABIN DEPRESSURIZED.
601
00:31:09,902 --> 00:31:10,903
Pearson: ELECTRICS OFF.
602
00:31:10,903 --> 00:31:11,937
Quintal: ELECTRICS OFF.
603
00:31:11,937 --> 00:31:13,338
CHECKLIST COMPLETE.
604
00:31:13,338 --> 00:31:14,840
Pearson:
TIME TO GET OUT OF HERE.
605
00:31:19,978 --> 00:31:22,014
Calvert: COME ON, GUYS,
GET THE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS!
606
00:31:22,014 --> 00:31:23,782
WE GRABBED THE FIRE
EXTINGUISHERS ON OUR WAY,
607
00:31:23,782 --> 00:31:26,919
AND YOU NEVER GO TO A FIRE
AT A RACETRACK WITHOUT HAVING
608
00:31:26,919 --> 00:31:32,224
A FIRE EXTINGUISHER WITH YOU,
AND WE RAN UP TOWARDS IT.
609
00:31:32,224 --> 00:31:34,660
THE DOORS OPEN UP,
AND YOU SEE THE CHUTES COME OUT,
610
00:31:34,660 --> 00:31:37,429
SORT OF LIKE A SPIDER
GROWING LEGS.
611
00:31:37,429 --> 00:31:39,865
Bell: THE PLANE ENDED UP
EVENTUALLY STANDING
612
00:31:39,865 --> 00:31:43,969
ALMOST WHAT APPEARED TO ME
TO BE ALMOST ON ITS NOSE.
613
00:31:43,969 --> 00:31:48,373
Jewett:
WHEN I OPENED MY DOOR AND I SAW
THAT THE CHUTE WAS SO STEEP,
614
00:31:48,373 --> 00:31:50,042
I THOUGHT, OH, MY GOODNESS.
615
00:31:50,042 --> 00:31:53,645
HOW DO I GET THESE
PASSENGERS TO GO DOWN?
616
00:31:53,645 --> 00:31:56,482
Narrator: DUE TO THE NOSE-DOWN
ANGLE OF THE PLANE,
617
00:31:56,482 --> 00:32:02,020
THE TWO REAR SLIDES
DON'T REACH THE GROUND.
618
00:32:02,020 --> 00:32:04,923
TEN PEOPLE ARE SLIGHTLY INJURED
DURING THE EVACUATION,
619
00:32:04,923 --> 00:32:08,127
MOST OF THEM COMING DOWN
THE STEEP REAR SLIDES.
620
00:32:08,127 --> 00:32:10,729
Hewett: I HEARD ON
THE WEST RADAR FREQUENCY,
621
00:32:10,729 --> 00:32:17,236
HE SAID ONE OF THE 767s
SAYS HE'S DOWN OKAY.
622
00:32:17,236 --> 00:32:24,176
HE'S IN ONE PIECE, AND THAT'S
WHEN OUR CHEER WENT UP.
623
00:32:24,176 --> 00:32:26,879
I SAID, OKAY!
624
00:32:26,879 --> 00:32:29,281
BECAUSE ALL OF THESE PEOPLE
625
00:32:29,281 --> 00:32:32,584
WERE GONNA SLEEP IN
THEIR OWN BED THAT NIGHT.
626
00:32:39,091 --> 00:32:40,225
Narrator:
THERE'S STILL A LOT OF SMOKE
627
00:32:40,225 --> 00:32:42,427
COMING FROM THE PLANE'S NOSE.
628
00:32:45,430 --> 00:32:48,133
Pearson: IT TURNED OUT IT WAS
ABOUT SIX INCHES OF INSULATION
629
00:32:48,133 --> 00:32:50,369
BETWEEN THE INNER AND OUTER SKIN
630
00:32:50,369 --> 00:32:53,839
FROM FRICTION THAT WAS
STARTING TO BURN.
631
00:32:53,839 --> 00:32:56,041
Narrator: THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS
HAVE GOOD NEWS.
632
00:32:56,041 --> 00:32:59,044
ALL 61 PASSENGERS HAVE
MADE IT OFF THE PLANE.
633
00:32:59,044 --> 00:33:01,914
THERE'S NOT SO MUCH AS
A SINGLE SERIOUS INJURY.
634
00:33:01,914 --> 00:33:03,115
Man: WE'LL GIVE YOU A HAND!
635
00:33:03,115 --> 00:33:05,184
Pearson. YEAH. EXTINGUISHER.
636
00:33:10,489 --> 00:33:13,759
Narrator: BOB PEARSON HAS DONE
WHAT NO ONE HAS DONE BEFORE--
637
00:33:13,759 --> 00:33:17,329
HE HAS SAFELY LANDED A 767
WITH NO ENGINES,
638
00:33:17,329 --> 00:33:21,433
GLIDING TO SAFETY
FROM MORE THAN 26,000 FEET.
639
00:33:28,640 --> 00:33:31,743
Newscaster: AIR CANADA
FLIGHT 143 GLIDED SILENTLY...
640
00:33:31,743 --> 00:33:34,713
Narrator:
THE EVENT MAKES INTERNATIONAL
HEADLINES IMMEDIATELY.
641
00:33:34,713 --> 00:33:36,014
PEOPLE ARE ALREADY ASKING
642
00:33:36,014 --> 00:33:38,450
HOW ONE OF THE MOST
SOPHISTICATED PASSENGER PLANES
643
00:33:38,450 --> 00:33:41,053
IN THE WORLD COULD HAVE
RUN OUT OF FUEL.
644
00:33:41,053 --> 00:33:43,155
Newscaster: ...BY SLIDING DOWN
EMERGENCY SHOOTS.
645
00:33:47,159 --> 00:33:51,730
Narrator: BY THE NEXT DAY, THE
INVESTIGATION HAS ALREADY BEGUN.
646
00:33:51,730 --> 00:33:53,365
BILL TAYLOR AND DIANE ROCHELEAU
647
00:33:53,365 --> 00:33:55,500
OF CANADA'S AVIATION
SAFETY BUREAU
648
00:33:55,500 --> 00:34:00,105
ARE AMONG THE FIRST
INVESTIGATORS AT THE SCENE.
649
00:34:00,105 --> 00:34:03,609
Bill Taylor:
ONCE WE GOT INTO THE FUEL
QUANTITY INDICATING SYSTEM,
650
00:34:03,609 --> 00:34:09,581
I ACTUALLY LEFT DIANE
TO DEAL WITH THE SPECIFICS
651
00:34:09,581 --> 00:34:11,583
OF THE COMPUTER SYSTEM.
652
00:34:11,583 --> 00:34:13,619
Narrator: FIRST, BILL TAYLOR
NEEDS TO CONFIRM
653
00:34:13,619 --> 00:34:16,021
WHAT EVERYONE
HAS BEEN TELLING HIM--
654
00:34:16,021 --> 00:34:18,890
THAT THE PLANE IS OUT OF FUEL.
655
00:34:18,890 --> 00:34:20,626
INVESTIGATORS DRAIN THE TANKS,
656
00:34:20,626 --> 00:34:24,296
COLLECTING LESS THAN
17 GALLONS OF FUEL.
657
00:34:24,296 --> 00:34:29,401
THE 767 CAN HOLD
ALMOST 24,000 GALLONS.
658
00:34:29,401 --> 00:34:31,870
IT'S LIKE HAVING
FIVE TABLESPOONS OF FUEL
659
00:34:31,870 --> 00:34:34,239
IN A MID-SIZED CAR.
660
00:34:34,239 --> 00:34:36,775
TAYLOR NEXT NEEDS TO EXAMINE
THE POSSIBILITY
661
00:34:36,775 --> 00:34:39,311
THAT THE FUEL LEAKED OUT
DURING THE FLIGHT.
662
00:34:39,311 --> 00:34:40,846
Taylor: THE OTHER CHECKS
INVOLVED LOOKING
663
00:34:40,846 --> 00:34:43,882
FOR ANY EVIDENCE OF FUEL
HAVING BEEN LOST.
664
00:34:43,882 --> 00:34:45,284
I EVEN WENT SO FAR
665
00:34:45,284 --> 00:34:50,622
AS TO GO INTO WHAT THEY CALL
THE DRY BAY OF THE AIRCRAFT.
666
00:34:50,622 --> 00:34:54,993
I'M A BIT CLAUSTROPHOBIC,
SO I REALLY WASN'T TOO ENTHUSED
667
00:34:54,993 --> 00:34:57,529
ABOUT GOING UP IN THERE,
BUT I CRAWLED UP
668
00:34:57,529 --> 00:35:00,265
AND HAD A LOOK AROUND WITH
A FLASHLIGHT AND CONFIRMED
669
00:35:00,265 --> 00:35:05,504
THAT THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF
FUEL HAVING BEEN LOST IN THERE.
670
00:35:05,504 --> 00:35:08,006
Narrator: THAT LEAVES TAYLOR
WITH ONLY ONE CONCLUSION--
671
00:35:08,006 --> 00:35:11,510
FLIGHT 143 TOOK OFF
WITHOUT ENOUGH FUEL.
672
00:35:11,510 --> 00:35:13,645
NOW INVESTIGATORS
NEED TO FIND OUT WHY.
673
00:35:13,645 --> 00:35:16,214
Taylor: I CAN'T BELIEVE
IT'S IN ONE PIECE.
674
00:35:16,214 --> 00:35:18,483
Narrator: DIANE ROCHELEAU BEGINS
LOOKING FOR THE ANSWER
675
00:35:18,483 --> 00:35:21,820
TO THAT QUESTION IN THE PLANE'S
SOPHISTICATED ELECTRONICS BAY
676
00:35:21,820 --> 00:35:24,356
LOCATED BENEATH THE CABIN.
677
00:35:24,356 --> 00:35:27,526
Diane Rocheleau: THE 767 WAS
A NEWER TYPE AIRCRAFT,
678
00:35:27,526 --> 00:35:30,362
AND IT DID HAVE A LOT
OF COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM,
679
00:35:30,362 --> 00:35:32,731
AND I GUESS BACK IN 1982,
680
00:35:32,731 --> 00:35:35,600
THESE WERE COMING ONTO
THE MARKET AT A FAST RATE,
681
00:35:35,600 --> 00:35:39,738
AND THEY WERE NEWER TYPES
OF ELECTRONIC SYSTEM.
682
00:35:42,007 --> 00:35:44,543
Narrator: ROCHELEAU CONFIRMS
THAT A COMPUTERIZED UNIT,
683
00:35:44,543 --> 00:35:46,778
THE DIGITAL
FUEL GAUGE PROCESSOR,
684
00:35:46,778 --> 00:35:50,248
HAD BEEN MALFUNCTIONING
ON THIS PLANE.
685
00:35:50,248 --> 00:35:54,152
THERE WAS NO SPARE IN MONTREAL,
SO IT COULD NOT BE REPLACED.
686
00:35:54,152 --> 00:35:57,823
ROCHELEAU TAKES THE COMPONENT
FOR TESTING.
687
00:35:57,823 --> 00:36:00,125
Rocheleau: DURING THE TESTING,
WE WENT MORE AND MORE IN DEPTH,
688
00:36:00,125 --> 00:36:02,961
AND WE FOUND OUT THAT
ONE OF THE CIRCUIT,
689
00:36:02,961 --> 00:36:06,865
IT'S CALLED AN INDUCTOR COIL,
IT WAS A VERY, VERY SMALL PART,
690
00:36:06,865 --> 00:36:09,401
AND IT WAS ENCAPSULATED
AT MANUFACTURER,
691
00:36:09,401 --> 00:36:11,903
AND ENCAPSULATED MEANS
IT'S COVERED WITH PLASTIC.
692
00:36:11,903 --> 00:36:14,473
YOU CANNOT VISUALLY SEE IT,
BECAUSE IT'S NOW COVERED
693
00:36:14,473 --> 00:36:18,143
WITH PLASTIC, AND YOU CAN'T SEE
THE INDUCTOR COIL ITSELF.
694
00:36:18,143 --> 00:36:21,446
BUT ONCE WE TOOK OVER
THE PLASTIC CASE, WE COULD SEE
695
00:36:21,446 --> 00:36:24,549
THAT THE SOLDER JOINT
HAD NOT BEEN MADE PROPERLY,
696
00:36:24,549 --> 00:36:27,486
WHICH CAUSED A MALFUNCTION
IN THE SYSTEM.
697
00:36:29,921 --> 00:36:31,256
Narrator:
THE FAULTY PROCESSOR EXPLAINS
698
00:36:31,256 --> 00:36:34,593
WHY PEARSON DIDN'T HAVE
FUEL GAUGES FOR THE FLIGHT,
699
00:36:34,593 --> 00:36:37,696
BUT DOESN'T EXPLAIN WHY
HE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH FUEL.
700
00:36:37,696 --> 00:36:41,800
THE INOPERATIVE GAUGES
WERE CLEARLY FLAGGED.
701
00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:43,602
GROUND CREWS WOULDN'T
HAVE RELIED ON THEM
702
00:36:43,602 --> 00:36:46,705
WHEN THEY WERE
FUELING THE PLANE.
703
00:36:46,705 --> 00:36:49,474
INVESTIGATORS CONFIRM THAT
THE GROUND CREW DID PERFORM
704
00:36:49,474 --> 00:36:52,277
A MANUAL CHECK OF THE FUEL
BEFORE TAKEOFF.
705
00:36:54,546 --> 00:36:56,214
Taylor: WE JUST NEED TO KNOW
WHAT YOU DID NEXT.
706
00:36:56,214 --> 00:36:57,549
Man: YEAH?
707
00:36:57,549 --> 00:37:01,353
WE DID A MANUAL CHECK
OF BOTH TANKS,
708
00:37:01,353 --> 00:37:04,523
AND THEN WE PUMP ENOUGH FUEL
FOR THE TRIP TO EDMONTON.
709
00:37:04,523 --> 00:37:06,324
Narrator:
FLIGHT 143 SHOULD HAVE TAKEN OFF
710
00:37:06,324 --> 00:37:08,693
WITH ENOUGH FUEL FOR THE TRIP.
711
00:37:08,693 --> 00:37:10,328
Taylor: OKAY, THANKS.
712
00:37:12,531 --> 00:37:13,899
THAT HELPS.
713
00:37:26,111 --> 00:37:28,213
Narrator: INVESTIGATORS
NOW HAVE TO FIGURE OUT
714
00:37:28,213 --> 00:37:30,749
HOW ONE OF THE WORLD'S
MOST ADVANCED JETLINERS
715
00:37:30,749 --> 00:37:35,887
TOOK OFF WITH HALF THE FUEL
NECESSARY FOR ITS FLIGHT.
716
00:37:42,394 --> 00:37:46,598
Narrator:
THE INVESTIGATORS KNOW THAT WITH
ITS FUEL GAUGES OUT OF SERVICE,
717
00:37:46,598 --> 00:37:50,002
FLIGHT 143'S FUEL TANKS
WERE CHECKED MANUALLY.
718
00:37:50,002 --> 00:37:53,739
THEN THE FUEL FOR THE TRIP TO
EDMONTON WAS ADDED TO THE TANKS.
719
00:37:58,310 --> 00:38:00,779
BUT BEFORE THE PLANE
COULD BE GIVEN MORE FUEL,
720
00:38:00,779 --> 00:38:03,749
A CRUCIAL CALCULATION
HAD TO BE CARRIED OUT.
721
00:38:06,885 --> 00:38:12,157
PILOTS NEED TO KNOW THE WEIGHT
OF THE FUEL ON THEIR PLANE,
722
00:38:12,157 --> 00:38:15,360
BUT FUEL TRUCKS
PUMP JET FUEL BY VOLUME.
723
00:38:19,831 --> 00:38:22,901
IN ORDER FOR PILOTS AND FUELERS
TO COMMUNICATE,
724
00:38:22,901 --> 00:38:25,804
A SIMPLE ROUTINE TRANSLATION
BETWEEN VOLUME AND WEIGHT
725
00:38:25,804 --> 00:38:27,406
HAS TO BE MADE.
726
00:38:32,644 --> 00:38:34,246
Taylor: THANK YOU.
727
00:38:41,620 --> 00:38:45,257
Narrator: INVESTIGATORS CHECK
AND DOUBLE-CHECK THAT MATH.
728
00:38:52,264 --> 00:38:54,599
THE FUELING RECORDS FROM
THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT
729
00:38:54,599 --> 00:38:57,402
PROVIDE THE ANSWERS
THEY'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR.
730
00:39:02,841 --> 00:39:05,677
Taylor: THIS IS A TYPICAL
FUELING RECORD.
731
00:39:05,677 --> 00:39:07,779
Narrator: BUT WHEN INVESTIGATORS
EXAMINE THE CALCULATIONS
732
00:39:07,779 --> 00:39:09,948
FOR FLIGHT 143...
733
00:39:09,948 --> 00:39:14,686
Taylor: AND THIS IS
FROM FLIGHT 143.
734
00:39:14,686 --> 00:39:17,389
Narrator: ...THEY LOOK ANYTHING
BUT STRAIGHTFORWARD.
735
00:39:17,389 --> 00:39:19,691
THE DOCUMENT CLEARLY SHOWS
THE AMOUNT OF FUEL
736
00:39:19,691 --> 00:39:21,693
IN THE RIGHT AND LEFT TANKS.
737
00:39:21,693 --> 00:39:25,998
BUT INVESTIGATORS ARE TROUBLED
BY TWO PARTICULAR NUMBERS.
738
00:39:25,998 --> 00:39:28,266
ONE CONVERTS VOLUME
TO KILOGRAMS,
739
00:39:28,266 --> 00:39:30,902
THE OTHER CONVERTS IT TO POUNDS.
740
00:39:30,902 --> 00:39:33,372
Taylor: HE SHOULDN'T
HAVE BEEN USING BOTH.
741
00:39:37,275 --> 00:39:40,779
SO DID YOU CONVERT TO POUNDS
OR TO KILOGRAMS?
742
00:39:40,779 --> 00:39:42,381
Man: TO POUND.
743
00:39:43,949 --> 00:39:46,451
NO, TO, TO KILO.
744
00:39:49,654 --> 00:39:52,190
CAN I SEE THAT AGAIN?
745
00:39:52,190 --> 00:39:54,393
Narrator: FURTHER INTERVIEWS
WITH THE TECHNICIANS AND CREW
746
00:39:54,393 --> 00:39:58,030
REVEAL THAT THE EVENTS
ON FLIGHT 143...
747
00:39:58,030 --> 00:39:59,998
Man: I DON'T KNOW WHAT I DID...
748
00:39:59,998 --> 00:40:01,700
Narrator:
...WERE CAUSED BY HUMAN ERROR
749
00:40:01,700 --> 00:40:07,506
INVOLVING POOR CALCULATIONS AND
ULTIMATELY INADEQUATE TRAINING.
750
00:40:07,506 --> 00:40:09,341
Aircraft Tech: OKAY, FELLAS,
WE'VE FINISHED THE FUEL DRIP...
751
00:40:09,341 --> 00:40:12,044
Narrator: THE TECHNICIANS
REFUELING FLIGHT 143
752
00:40:12,044 --> 00:40:14,012
GOT MUDDLED IN
THEIR CALCULATIONS
753
00:40:14,012 --> 00:40:16,681
WHILE CONVERTING THE VOLUME
COMING OUT OF THE FUEL TRUCK
754
00:40:16,681 --> 00:40:20,919
TO THE WEIGHT OF THE FUEL
IN THE PLANE'S TANKS.
755
00:40:20,919 --> 00:40:23,188
NO ONE WHO SAW
THE CALCULATIONS THAT DAY
756
00:40:23,188 --> 00:40:25,357
NOTICED THE BASIC ERROR.
757
00:40:29,728 --> 00:40:33,265
IN 1983, CANADIAN GROUND CREWS
WERE USED TO CONVERTING
758
00:40:33,265 --> 00:40:36,701
THE AMOUNT OF FUEL LEAVING
THEIR TRUCKS INTO POUNDS.
759
00:40:38,970 --> 00:40:42,641
THE 767 WAS THE FIRST PLANE
IN AIR CANADA'S FLEET
760
00:40:42,641 --> 00:40:44,976
TO HAVE METRIC FUEL GAUGES.
761
00:40:48,146 --> 00:40:49,815
ITS FUEL SHOULD
HAVE BEEN MEASURED
762
00:40:49,815 --> 00:40:52,451
NOT IN POUNDS BUT IN KILOGRAMS,
763
00:40:52,451 --> 00:40:55,387
WHICH REQUIRES
A DIFFERENT CALCULATION.
764
00:40:57,322 --> 00:41:02,928
FLIGHT 143 NEEDED 22,300
KILOGRAMS OF FUEL FOR THE TRIP,
765
00:41:02,928 --> 00:41:04,963
BUT PILOTS AND TECHNICIANS
LET IT LEAVE
766
00:41:04,963 --> 00:41:08,533
WITH 22,300 POUNDS INSTEAD.
767
00:41:10,702 --> 00:41:13,205
BECAUSE A POUND IS
ABOUT HALF A KILOGRAM,
768
00:41:13,205 --> 00:41:16,141
THE PLANE ONLY GOT
HALF THE FUEL IT REQUIRED,
769
00:41:16,141 --> 00:41:18,276
WHICH EXPLAINS WHY PEARSON'S
FLIGHT COMPUTER
770
00:41:18,276 --> 00:41:20,979
TOLD HIM HE HAD PLENTY OF FUEL.
771
00:41:20,979 --> 00:41:24,049
HE ENTERED THE WRONG AMOUNT
OF FUEL TO START WITH.
772
00:41:24,049 --> 00:41:27,586
IN THE PAST, THE FLIGHT ENGINEER
CALCULATED THE FUEL LOADS.
773
00:41:27,586 --> 00:41:30,255
THIS ACCIDENT RAISED
AN IMPORTANT QUESTION.
774
00:41:30,255 --> 00:41:33,959
WHOSE JOB WAS IT
WITH THE TWO-MAN CREW?
775
00:41:33,959 --> 00:41:37,629
Dion: BETTER TRAINING
IS DEFINITELY AN ISSUE
776
00:41:37,629 --> 00:41:39,664
IN AN INCIDENT SUCH AS THAT.
777
00:41:39,664 --> 00:41:44,769
IF EVERYONE IS TRAINED
AND THE LINES ARE DRAWN
778
00:41:44,769 --> 00:41:48,907
AS TO WHO'S RESPONSIBLE
FOR WHAT,
779
00:41:48,907 --> 00:41:53,678
THEN THERE'S NO AMBIGUITY ON IT.
780
00:41:53,678 --> 00:41:56,314
PEOPLE KNOW WHAT
THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR.
781
00:41:56,314 --> 00:42:00,385
IN THIS CASE,
IT WAS SORT OF OPEN ENDED.
782
00:42:00,385 --> 00:42:03,121
IT REALLY, WE WEREN'T AWARE
WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE
783
00:42:03,121 --> 00:42:08,593
FOR THE FINAL SAY
ON THIS FUEL STUFF.
784
00:42:08,593 --> 00:42:10,061
Narrator:
A SUBSEQUENT INQUIRY FOUND
785
00:42:10,061 --> 00:42:11,997
THAT NONE OF THOSE
INVOLVED THAT DAY
786
00:42:11,997 --> 00:42:14,399
WAS TRAINED IN
METRIC CALCULATIONS--
787
00:42:14,399 --> 00:42:19,404
NOT THE GROUND TECHNICIANS,
NOT THE PILOTS.
788
00:42:19,404 --> 00:42:22,007
Pearson: I HAD NOT RECEIVED ANY,
789
00:42:22,007 --> 00:42:25,310
NEITHER OF US HAD RECEIVED
ANY TRAINING AT ALL
790
00:42:25,310 --> 00:42:27,245
ON DOING THESE CALCULATIONS.
791
00:42:27,245 --> 00:42:28,613
Narrator:
THE COMPUTER THAT HAD REPLACED
792
00:42:28,613 --> 00:42:31,950
THE 767'S FLIGHT ENGINEER
WAS BROKEN,
793
00:42:31,950 --> 00:42:34,953
AND NO ONE KNEW WHO SHOULD
BE DOING ITS JOB.
794
00:42:34,953 --> 00:42:38,823
AIR CANADA 143 WAS
ESSENTIALLY DOWN A MAN.
795
00:42:43,061 --> 00:42:45,130
Pearson: ALL RIGHT.
796
00:42:45,130 --> 00:42:47,899
Narrator: IT TOOK A STRING OF
MECHANICAL AND HUMAN FAILURES
797
00:42:47,899 --> 00:42:50,902
FOR FLIGHT 143
TO RUN OUT OF FUEL.
798
00:42:50,902 --> 00:42:56,441
BUT ANOTHER FAILURE THAT DAY
MAY HAVE SAVED SOME LIVES.
799
00:42:56,441 --> 00:42:59,144
IF THE PLANE'S NOSE GEAR
HAD NOT COLLAPSED,
800
00:42:59,144 --> 00:43:02,247
IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN PEARSON
MUCH LONGER TO STOP.
801
00:43:02,247 --> 00:43:03,949
THE PLANE COULD HAVE
SLID INTO THE PEOPLE
802
00:43:03,949 --> 00:43:05,684
WHO WERE AT THE STRIP THAT DAY,
803
00:43:05,684 --> 00:43:09,120
WHICH WOULD HAVE HAD
CATASTROPHIC RESULTS.
804
00:43:09,120 --> 00:43:12,157
THERE COULD HAVE BEEN MORE
INJURIES OR EVEN LOSS OF LIFE.
805
00:43:15,193 --> 00:43:17,195
PEARSON AND QUINTAL
WERE PARTLY BLAMED
806
00:43:17,195 --> 00:43:19,931
FOR THEIR ROLES IN THE INCIDENT.
807
00:43:19,931 --> 00:43:22,367
A GOVERNMENT INQUIRY
RECOMMENDED THAT AIR CANADA
808
00:43:22,367 --> 00:43:24,736
RE-EVALUATE THE TRAINING
OF FLIGHT CREWS
809
00:43:24,736 --> 00:43:28,240
AND GROUND TECHNICIANS
IN METRIC FUEL CONVERSIONS.
810
00:43:28,240 --> 00:43:31,409
IT ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT THE
AIRLINE KEEP MORE SPARE PARTS,
811
00:43:31,409 --> 00:43:33,678
SUCH AS FUEL GAUGE PROCESSORS.
812
00:43:36,581 --> 00:43:40,018
RICK DION RETIRED IN 2003
AFTER A LONG CAREER
813
00:43:40,018 --> 00:43:44,289
AS AIR CANADA'S COORDINATOR
OF MAINTENANCE CONTROL.
814
00:43:44,289 --> 00:43:49,361
FIRST OFFICER MAURICE QUINTAL
WAS PROMOTED TO CAPTAIN IN 1989.
815
00:43:49,361 --> 00:43:51,863
CAPTAIN BOB PEARSON WENT ON
TO FLY 10 MORE YEARS
816
00:43:51,863 --> 00:43:54,866
FOR AIR CANADA,
HIS EXPERIENCE AT GIMLI
817
00:43:54,866 --> 00:43:57,836
SHAPING THE REST OF HIS CAREER
AS A COMMERCIAL PILOT.
818
00:43:57,836 --> 00:44:02,040
Pearson: THIS EXPERIENCE
AFFECTED ME MOSTLY BY GIVING ME,
819
00:44:02,040 --> 00:44:03,608
MAKING ME MORE RELAXED
AS A PILOT,
820
00:44:03,608 --> 00:44:07,178
GIVING ME THE FEELING THAT
AS MUCH AS I'VE TRAINED
821
00:44:07,178 --> 00:44:10,849
FOR ALL THOSE YEARS, THAT
THERE'S ALWAYS THAT QUESTION
822
00:44:10,849 --> 00:44:13,985
ABOUT HOW YOU'RE GONNA PERFORM
WHEN THE CHIPS ARE DOWN,
823
00:44:13,985 --> 00:44:17,055
AND I NOW HAVE THE FEELING
THAT NO MATTER WHAT,
824
00:44:17,055 --> 00:44:18,523
AS LONG AS AN AIRCRAFT
STAYED TOGETHER,
825
00:44:18,523 --> 00:44:21,426
I WOULD GET IT SAFELY
BACK ON THE GROUND.
826
00:44:24,929 --> 00:44:27,432
Quintal: IT'S THE KNOWLEDGE
THAT YOU KNOW
827
00:44:27,432 --> 00:44:30,201
UNDER STRESS YOU CAN PERFORM.
828
00:44:30,201 --> 00:44:32,203
BEFORE THAT, YOU DON'T KNOW.
829
00:44:32,203 --> 00:44:35,407
YOU JUST HOPE YOU WILL,
AND YOU TRAIN, YOU TRAIN FOR IT,
830
00:44:35,407 --> 00:44:37,275
BUT YOU NEVER KNOW.
831
00:44:37,275 --> 00:44:40,378
Hewett: WITH THE THINGS
THAT THEY HAD TO DEAL WITH,
832
00:44:40,378 --> 00:44:41,946
IT WAS MAGNIFICENT.
833
00:44:41,946 --> 00:44:45,950
I THINK IT GOT PROVEN IN
THE SIMULATOR IN VANCOUVER,
834
00:44:45,950 --> 00:44:49,054
THEY TRIED OUT
THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCES
835
00:44:49,054 --> 00:44:53,525
WITH SEVERAL CREWS,
AND THEY ALL CRASHED.
836
00:44:53,525 --> 00:44:54,893
Dion: PROBABLY THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING
837
00:44:54,893 --> 00:44:56,895
THAT CAME OUT OF IT
WAS THE REALIZATION
838
00:44:56,895 --> 00:45:01,433
THAT WHEN SOMETHING NEW
IS INTRODUCED,
839
00:45:01,433 --> 00:45:06,471
SPECIAL ATTENTION AND TRAINING
NEEDS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED
840
00:45:06,471 --> 00:45:10,542
FOR PEOPLE TO BE AWARE
OF WHAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH.
841
00:45:10,542 --> 00:45:14,112
Narrator: AFTER THE LANDING
AT GIMLI, AIR CANADA'S 767
842
00:45:14,112 --> 00:45:20,051
CONTINUED TO FLY UNTIL
IT WAS RETIRED IN 2008.
843
00:45:20,051 --> 00:45:22,354
FOR A QUARTER CENTURY
IT TRAVELED THE SKIES
844
00:45:22,354 --> 00:45:26,057
CARRYING THE NICKNAME
THAT BOB PEARSON EARNED IT--
845
00:45:26,057 --> 00:45:28,560
THE GIMLI GLIDER.
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