Air Canada 143 Becomes Powerless and Falls From The Sky (1983)

My Account

Mijn Account

Mon Compte

Mein Konto

我的帐户

Inloggen

Connexion

Anmeldung

Acceso

Air Canada 143 Becomes Powerless and Falls From The Sky (1983)

As the pilot on board Air Canada 143 descends, he loses one engine, then another. The huge Boeing is powerless and falling from the sky, it won’t make it to Winnipeg. Pearson and Quintal need to find a closer place to land.

July 23, 1983 - It’s a calm summer evening. Air Canada flight 143 is on its way to Edmonton from Montreal. There are 61 passengers and 8 crew members on board.

Captain Bob Pearson and First Officer Maurice Quintal are both veteran pilots, but they’re flying a new automated Boeing 767. They’re still getting to know the new state-of-the-art plane.

Mid-way through the flight, things begin to go horribly wrong. A warning goes off indicating low pressure in one of the plane’s fuel pumps, then minutes later another one goes off for another fuel pump. The plane is in danger of running out of fuel.

Pearson decides to land as soon as possible.

Mayday | Air Disaster

airdisaster investigations

Air Canada 143 Becomes Powerless and Falls From The Sky (1983)

Join the conversation 🎭

Captain Steeeve | F-16 Crash During Air Show Rehearsal

Captain Steeeve | Thrust Failure, RAT and Survivor’s Story

Captain Steeeve | Air India 171 - Why the RAT Changes Everything

Captain Steeeve | What Really Happened to Flight AI171?

Jeff OStroff | What Caused the Fatal Crash of Air India?

Airline Pilot Reveals Clue in Final Moments of Air India Flight 171

BBC | Everything We Know About The Deadly Air India Plane Crash

Astroworld Concert Turns Into Mass Casualty Event (2021)

Mayday: Air Disaster | What Caused Flight 611 to Disintegrate

Myanmar Earthquake Death Toll Hits 1.700

Devastating 7.7 Myanmar Earthquake Death Toll Surges

Myanmar Earthquake Death Toll Rises To More Than 1.000

BBC News | Magnitude 7.7 Earthquake Hits Myanmar

Dark Records | 7 Giant Explosion Disasters

What We Know About The Washington DC Plane Crash

Passenger Jet and US Army Helicopter Collide and Crash

BBC | Arrests Made After Fire in Turkish Ski Resort Hotel

LA Faces Extreme Fire Danger as High Winds Forecast

How the LA Wildfires Unfolded and What’s Needed for Recovery

Fox News | The Latest Updates On What Caused The Fire

Joe Rogan’s Chilling LA Wildfire Prediction Resurfaces

LA wildfire to Worsen Over The Next 72 Hours

How the Wildfires Engulfed the Los Angeles Area

As Megafires Have Become More Common, So Have Fire Tornadoes

BBC News | LA Fires: Death Toll from Wildfires Rises to 10

BBC News | California Inferno Rages Out of Control

Cataclysmic Events | Disasters That Shaped Humanity

What Really Happened to OceanGate Titan Disaster

Spain | Authorities under Fire for Warning System Failure

Aftermath of Deadly Spain Flooding Captured in Videos