No Fuel Landing

[TO024]

Has there ever been an airliner that has run out of fuel, both engines dead, and safely landed?

 

[say again]

Air Transat

 

[CA1900]

Has there ever been an airliner that has run out of fuel, both engines dead, and safely landed?

There may be others, but this one is the first to come to mind:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider

An Air Canada 762-200 ran out of fuel at FL410. The fuel quantity indicator was MEL'd, and the aircraft was fueled improperly due to a faulty English-to-Metric conversion. He ended up using a forward slip on the 767 to make the landing work.

Minor damage to the aircraft due to a nosewheel collapse, but the aircraft is still flying with Air Canada today. According to the article, the mechanics sent to the gliderport to fix up the airplane ran out of gas in their van on their way there. Doh!


Interesting read.

 

[pilotgolfer]

A320 dead sticked into Lajes, Azores.

 

[lumax]

the only one I remember is the one CA1900 mentioned about the 767. It was confusion about converting gallons to liters or vice versa. Another good reason why the metric system should be adopted here in the U.S. It is simpler and easier to use!!!!

 

[atrdriver]

Another good reason why the metric system should be adopted here in the U.S. It is simpler and easier to use!!!!

No, another good reason to convert the rest of the world to gallons...

 

[LR25]

737 near New Orleans, landed on a levy.

 

[CA1900]

Yup, that was TACA in New Orleans. (Although that one wasn't out of gas -- it ingested water and hail, and had a dual flameout because of it.)

Amazing landing; they flew the airplane back off the levee after fixing the engines!

 

[fly4surf]

That was an incredible one!

Dead stick perfect on a levee.

I guess they are all incredible.

 

[Skank]

A320 dead sticked into Lajes, Azores.

It was an A-330, also Transat.

 

[Hoke]

United 173 PDX
DC-8 with landing gear indicator malfunction. I think..

 

[BigShotXJTdrvr]

United 173 PDX
DC-8 with landing gear indicator malfunction. I think..

I think the term "safely landed" is debatable on this one...

 

[Jeeves]

The Air Transat Story

Ruined the runway.

Fuel leak = emergency procedure not to be done from memory.

 

[BVT94]

I think the term "safely landed" is debatable on this one...

Many of the passengers actually walked home since they had crashed in their neighborhood.

 

[NewmanF16]

http://www.airsafe.com/events/noengine.htm

A list and short description of 14 engine out airliner accidents.