No Fuel Over the Atlantic Ocean | The Story of Flight 236

Mayday, mayday, mayday! Air Transat 236. The right engine has flamed out, and we're down to just a few hundred kilograms of fuel left.

Flying halfway across the Atlantic Ocean, the captain of an Airbus A330, carrying 293 passengers and 13 crew members, declared a mayday.

Just minutes after his call, the situation worsened when the left engine also flamed out, leading to all lights shutting off and the deployment of oxygen masks due to the loss of cabin pressurization.

In complete darkness, and with the aircraft's electrical system switched to emergency configuration, the pilots struggled to control the aircraft, working hard to keep it flying. Meanwhile, the crew quickly prepared the passengers for a potential emergency water landing, aware that their chances of survival were slim.

This is the story of Air Transat Flight 236

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00:00 Intro
01:07 Pusback
01:23 Route
01:40 Aircraft information
02:04 Pilots
02:30 Engine replacement
03:51 Take off
04:19 Unusual oil readings
05:15 Fuel leak right engine
06:20 Fuel system
07:26 Fuel imbalance
09:10 Alternative landing site
09:30 Crew member enters cockpit
09:45 Inspection of the wings
10:15 Computer glitch?
10:40 Fuel leak procedure?
11:10 Framing Bias
11:40 Whirlwind of tasks
12:10 Fuel continues to drain
12:34 Course to Lajes Airport
13:12 Right engine flames out
13:52 Mayday Mayday
14:16 Left engine flames out
14:42 Ram Air Turbine
15:04 Gliding
16:27 360-degree turn
17:10 Landing
19:25 Analyse

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[drillcream]

My god, the entire time I thought this was going to be an all souls lost disaster but turned out to be completely different, amazing work by the pilots even with their mistakes!

[steveb]

I knew one of the flight attendants on this flight, John Ursini.
He tells me this story every time i see him and he still can't believe he is alive today.

[BigTylt]

One thing not mentioned is that Robert Piché was also a trained glider pilot and that helped everyone's odds of survival immensely.

[PyGorka]

This is the kind of content I like watching while at the airport 😂

[Windows-kzke]

One thing I love about these kinds of videos is they make me feel safe on planes. The sheer amount of things that have to go wrong for a plane to be in an actual emergency is astonishing and then the fact even in those situations an emergency can still be non-fatal is even more astonishing. Planes really are the safest form of travel

[SnowyRivals]

Fun Fact: The flight route was changed last minute before take off, they decided to change the route 60 miles south to avoid congested air traffic. This change in flight route put the plane closer to Lages Airport essentially saving them from crashing into the ocean.

[MintyCherubandtug]

If I ever saw a flight attendant visually inspecting the wings with a flashlight mid flight, I’d be walking back to the drink cart. I’m not drunk enough for this yet.

[vortexmdk]

So this isn’t a TV show… tremendous quality, and what a glide!

[anthonyvecchio]

Im 31 a aircraft technician at pearson for 5 years now and this is still talked about today in the hangers. Safety, safety, safety is the number one priority we have cause so much risk and lives we be on the line if things start to fail. This goes for any airbus.

[jaybandu]

1. Masterful job by the captain and first officer. Insane levels of precision, timing and the ability to stay calm. Unreal.
2. "All passengers and crew were off the plane within 90 seconds" Can't say I blame

[nothingsallowed]

These videos could be a full-fledged TV show. Honestly. They're absolutely riveting. I watch a lot of air disaster content on YouTube and no other channel keeps me on the edge of my seat like this one. I love how these videos are tense without being overly dramatic and how respectful and factual they are.

[Marsalien]

They are extremely lucky that they didn't lose engine power a lot sooner. They made some very serious mistakes early on but it's nice to see a story that ended well.

[stillmiketheone]

That's a reminder that in every situation always stay calm. Thanks for sharing.

[I_am_a_cat_]

Really appreciate you not putting in a million ads like other aviation channels

[FlightDisasters]

One of the most unbelievable fuel exhaustion incidents in modern aviation. The fact that the crew managed to glide an Airbus A330 over 120 km — with both engines out, in the dark, and without main power — is nothing short of heroic.

We’ve looked into this case ourselves, and it still amazes me how calm decision-making, training, and just a bit of luck came together to prevent a total disaster. This flight truly belongs among the greatest emergency landings in aviation history.

[JonBullock]

Also local military air traffic controllers helped guide the aircraft to the airport with their radar system. Good video.

[luffydshafique]

Glad to be part of this … can wait to see you grow this channel to greater heights

[mdotjep]

aww man that was so nice to hear a good ending !!!!

[unclefester]

Thank God they landed safely. Just the thought of being over the Atlantic Ocean and knowing that the plane is out of fuel is terrifying.