Plane crash at Pomona Raceway

Jim Caughlin · 11-20-2015, 07:31 PM

Several years ago, a 767 wide body got glided in on the dragstrip at Gimli Manitoba. It had run out of fuel and the pilot dead sticked it in. It was successfully emergency landed, they fixed it and flew it back out after repairs.

jmantle · 11-20-2015, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Jim Caughlin

Several years ago, a 767 wide body got glided in on the dragstrip at Gimli Manitoba. It had run out of fuel and the pilot dead sticked it in. It was successfully emergency landed, they fixed it and flew it back out after repairs.

Jim, amazing you remembered that, it was 1983!

Jim Mantle V/SA 6632

11-20-2015, 07:31 PM	#1
Jim Caughlin Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Woodburn, Or Posts: 683 Likes: 80 Liked 800 Times in 244 Posts	Re: Plane crash at Pomona Raceway Several years ago, a 767 wide body got glided in on the dragstrip at Gimli Manitoba. It had run out of fuel and the pilot dead sticked it in. It was successfully emergency landed, they fixed it and flew it back out after repairs.