BLENHEIM, ONT.—It gained notoriety when it dropped in unexpectedly at a former air base-turned-drag strip north of Winnipeg. Now, a former Air Canada Boeing 767 — dubbed the Gimli Glider — is up for ...

Robert Pearson, who earned a place in aviation history 18 years ago as the captain of the Gimli Glider, laments that airline pilots are still left without the training and data they need if they they ...

Parts of a commercial plane that ran out of fuel while 41,000 feet in the air, and narrowly avoided crashing, are returning to Manitoba's Interlake area. The story of the Gimli Glider, the Air Canada ...

An Air Canada Boeing 767 that ran out of fuel more than 12,000 metres above the ground more than 30 years ago — and somehow landed without any casualties — has had its story further cemented in ...

You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Captain Robert Pearson will be once again touching down in Gimli, but this time for the grand opening of the ...

Pearl Dion never expected to fall in love with the man who saved her life. She was one of more than 60 passengers on the famed "Gimli Glider" — the nickname given to the Boeing 767 jet that made an ...

GIMLI — Thirty-four years to the day after a new Air Canada 767 jet suddenly ran out of fuel and was forced to land like a glider in Gimli, a museum commemorating the event is taking off. *Special ...

You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Captain Robert Pearson attended the opening ceremony of the Gimli Glider Museum Exhibit in Gimli, Man., on ...

Residents in the small town of Gimli, Manitoba, are celebrating today to mark 30 years since a Boeing 767 airliner made an emergency landing there after running out of fuel. While not widely known in ...

The emergency landing in 1983 is etched in pilot Robert Pearson's mind, the moment he pushed firmly on the brake pedals with both feet to slow Air Canada's new Boeing 767 jet after it touched down on ...