Urban Legend

[SKYGUNS]

i couldn't believe it but its true look it up

a airliner on the way to Canada runs out of fuel due to the ground crew confusing liters to gallons. so the 41,000 ft high Boeing glides down to a abandoned airstrip now being used as a dragstrip nearly running over 3 children hanging out there when the races were complete.

more disturbing

Japanese tourist spend a night at a Hawaiian hotel to avoid driving late after a long day and a argument with the desk when the gave them 2 beads instead of one,
they finally get the room they wanted but it smelt bad, they checked everywere to find the source but nothing so they decide to deal with it for the night.
The next day they get a phone call from a homicide detective and informed them they were sleeping on top of a dead body that was hidden in the bead frame.
The wife has a serious fear now that she cant go near any bead other than her own without it being checked..

[sunfan1121]

[MiloMorai]

i couldn't believe it but its true look it up

a airliner on the way to Canada runs out of fuel due to the ground crew confusing liters to gallons. so the 41,000 ft high Boeing glides down to a abandoned airstrip now being used as a dragstrip nearly running over 3 children hanging out there when the races were complete.

Well if you consider Quebec (departed Montreal) not part of Canada then it was 'on its way to Canada', Edmonton to be exact.

[Rino]

     I call BS on the airline myth.  Even if the line crew misconverted the fuel load from pounds to
liters/gallons, the flight crew didn't notice the gauges inflight to the point where they blew right
through their IFR fuel reserves to flameout?

     That would have to be the most inept crew in recorded history to screw up on that scale.

[Denholm]

Precisely what I was thinking. If that legend is old, and most likely is. It would mean it came from an era where pilots flew on just a few gauges.

Compass, VOR/DME Locator, Attitude Indicator, and your engine instruments (which includes the fuel gauges.)

[klingan]

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/yt-wOSBNl0KiUI/maple_style_air_canada_flight_143/

I doubt National Geographic would do a show about it if it wasn't true.

[Baitman]

Gimli Glider was a Air Canada 767-200 that ran out of fuel and glided to a safe landing on an old runway in Gimli Manitoba.

Google it.... I remember when it happened

[Denholm]

Then either it was poor maintenance or an inept crew.

[Donzo]

     I call BS on the airline myth.  Even if the line crew misconverted the fuel load from pounds to
liters/gallons, the flight crew didn't notice the gauges inflight to the point where they blew right
through their IFR fuel reserves to flameout?

     That would have to be the most inept crew in recorded history to screw up on that scale.

It's not a myth, I remember when it happened. 

If I recall correctly the pilots thought it was a computer malfunction and were working through diagnostics to figure out why they were getting alarms.

[Beefcake]

The Gimli Glider was a cool story and it's true. Could you imagine racing down the strip and seeing an airliner in the rear view? 

[Bronk]

[krazykid]

Yes it's true. This is the link of the article about it from damninteresting.com.

http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=744

[Curlew]

A crew of engineers from Winnipeg airport clambered into a van and headed for Gimli to assess the damage. During transit, however, their vehicle unexpectedly ran out of fuel, nearly ripping a hole in the delicate space-irony continuum.

 

[SD67]

     I call BS on the airline myth.  Even if the line crew misconverted the fuel load from pounds to
liters/gallons, the flight crew didn't notice the gauges inflight to the point where they blew right
through their IFR fuel reserves to flameout?

     That would have to be the most inept crew in recorded history to screw up on that scale.

The fuel totalisers and indicators were non functional on that flight but it was not a no-go item on the checklist. The gauges were flagged and labelled as non operational.
If the ground crew hadn't mixed up kilos and pounds they would have been golden, but they rolled with half the requisite amount of fuel on board.

[Rino]

     So the linemen screwed up the fuel.  The fuel gauges are not on an MEL???  Remind me to
never fly Air Canada..ever.  What else isn't on a minimum equipment list..altimeter, airspeed
indicator?

     It sounds like a total cluster foxtrot from start to finish.