The Jumbo Jet That Became a Glider
On July 23, 1983, Air Canada Flight 143 ran out of fuel at 41,000 feet — and its crew glided the powerless Boeing 767 to a miraculous landing on a Manitoba drag strip.
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The First Relief Reaches the Donner Party
On February 19, 1847, the first rescue party reached the starving Donner Party survivors trapped at Truckee Lake in the Sierra Nevada.