Air Crash Investigation - S05 E02 - Gimli Glider (Air Canada Flight 143) #AirCrashInvestigations #FullEpisode | JustA Regret

Air Canada flight 1174 was moments from landing in Toronto when the crew suddenly had to declare an emergency and break off their approach. In the ATC audio that’s now resurfacing, the pilot is heard saying, “Mayday, mayday, mayday… we’ve got a fairly significant flight control problem right now,” as he asked to remain over the lake while the crew worked through multiple failures. At one point he added, “We’ve lost most of our flaps and we’ve lost our autopilots,” prompting controllers to clear