A flight miracle in 2001 shocked the world when a plane managed to land without fuel or engine power. ANGRA DO HEROISMO, Azores Sept. 4 (UPI)—A Venezuelan Air Force transport] plane carrying a university choir to a festival in Spain, crashed in … An American charter jet carrying Italian vacationers to the Caribbean crashed into a fog-shrouded mountain in the Azores today while trying to land and … The airplane operated on a flight from Bermuda International Airport (BDA) to Terceira-Lajes Airport, Azores (TER). Air Transat Flight 236 was a transatlantic flight bound for Lisbon, Portugal, from Toronto, Canada, that lost all engine power while flying over the Atlantic Ocean on August 24, 2001. A Lockheed C-130H Hercules plane, serial 7772, was damaged beyond repair in an accident near Terceira-Lajes Airport, Azores (TER), Portugal.
Air Transat Flight 236 took off from Toronto, bound for Lisbon on August 24, 2001.
There were 60 passengers and eight crew members on board.
The Airbus A330 ran out of fuel due to a fuel leak caused by improper maintenance.