An Air Canada 767 experiences fuel exhaustion due to paperwork mistakes at over 40,000 feet. The airplane has to glide to a safe landing and the only place in reach is an old shut down military base that the first officer used to fly out of. Unfortunately, this day, it was being used for gokarts. The story of the Gimli Glider, with Dan (@TakingOffDan) and Christy (@PilotChristy)

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