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The Disastrous Event and Heroic Salvage of Air Canada Flight 143

Air Canada flight 143 was forced to make an emergency landing after a metric conversion mistake led to insufficient fuel. Captain Bob Pearson and first officer Maurice Quintal ingeniously maneuvered the airliner with their extensive knowledge and experience in gliders. The incident emphasized the importance of checking and double checking fuel measurements, a lesson written with a reminder of the captain's suspended and demoted career as a consequence.

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