{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "The Gimli Glider is one of those stories where every aspect sounds more fake than the last and yet it all actually happened. -A...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/681212211732054016/", "html": "\n<video  id='embed-69bf525330ef1579680547' class='crt-video crt-skin-default' width='500' height='281' poster='https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_okruiyVCMH1sfyp69_smart1.jpg' preload='none' muted data-crt-video data-crt-options='{\"autoheight\":null,\"duration\":30,\"hdUrl\":false,\"filmstrip\":{\"url\":\"https://68.media.tumblr.com/previews/tumblr_okruiyVCMH1sfyp69_filmstrip.jpg\",\"width\":\"200\",\"height\":\"112\"}}' crossOrigin='anonymous' controls>\n    <source src=\"/media/tumblr_okruiyVCMH1sfyp69_b092c423339e.mp4\" type=\"video/mp4\">\n</video>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://nudityandnerdery.tumblr.com/post/678557353871835136/castellankurze-the-gimli-glider-is-one-of-those\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">nudityandnerdery</a>:</p><blockquote><p><a href=\"https://castellankurze.tumblr.com/post/677092953695666176/the-gimli-glider-is-one-of-those-stories-where\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">castellankurze</a>:</p><blockquote><p>The Gimli Glider is one of those stories where every aspect sounds more fake than the last and yet it all actually happened.</p><p>-A passenger plane was underloaded with fuel because Canada had just converted to the metric system and everyone supposed to double check their numbers got it wrong.<br/>-When the plane ran out of fuel they were too far away to make it to an in-service airport and had to head towards the Gimli military base.\u00a0 Which was shuttered.<br/>-They were coming in to fast due to a lack of flaps control and had to perform a series of slips (as shown in the video above) to slow down, basically drifting a giant passenger plane.<br/>-As they come down they realized that just because Gimli\u2019s been decommissioned doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s abandoned because a bunch of people are having drag races on the runway they\u2019re about to need.<br/>-Despite everything they managed to land safely and no one was killed or even hurt which is why it\u2019s one of the best air disasters to meme on.</p></blockquote>\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-height=\"92\" data-orig-width=\"425\"><img src=\"/media/93c2f201f1103a9002bc6c795bdd012c47f72752_949171e08271.png\" data-orig-height=\"92\" data-orig-width=\"425\"/></figure><p>Those tags deserve to be shared.<br/></p></blockquote>\n<p>Like, that narration is really playing up the novelty, they teach you crabbing and slips like the sixth time you take your first light aircraft up</p>", "thumbnail_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/media/93c2f201f1103a9002bc6c795bdd012c47f72752_949171e08271.png", "thumbnail_width": 425, "thumbnail_height": 92}