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Air Canada 143

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the Board of Inquiry into - Air Canad.a Boeing 767 C-GAUN Accident - Gimli, Manitoba July 23, 1983 Canada I
Open official document at PDF page 1Final report of the Board of Inquiry into the Air Canada Boeing 767 C-GAUN accident at Gimli, 23 July 1983

Air Canada 143

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C-GAUN, made an emergency landing at a disused military airbase at Gimli, Manitoba on July 23, 1983 in the course of Flight no. AC 143 from Montreal to Edmonton with an intermediate stop at Ottawa. The landing was made because
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Air Canada 143

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flight path, and a plan of the airfield at the next destination. The accident happened on July 23, 1983, when the aircraft was being flown by Captain Pearson in command, assisted by First Officer Quintal. However, to understand the sequence
Open official document at PDF page 17Final report of the Board of Inquiry into the Air Canada Boeing 767 C-GAUN accident at Gimli, 23 July 1983

Air Canada 143

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of communication as between the on-line maintenance personnel and the flight crew on July 23, 1983, when Flight 143 was being dispatched from Montreal. This problem related specifically to the calculations of the fuel load on the aircraft and generally
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Air Canada 143

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Fuel Load The responsibility for the miscalculation of the fuel load on Flight 143 on July 23, 1983 has to be borne by both the flight crew and the maintenance personnel involved, particularly those in Montreal. The issue of corporate
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Air Canada 143

Printed page 42-43. PDF page 26.

respect. It is instructive to examine what was done in Edmonton before the aircraft left on July 23, 1983 under the command of Captain Weir. Because only one channel of the fuel processor was working properly, and notwithstanding the fact
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