You're referring to Robert Piché and Air Transat Flight 236 [0], a dead-stick landing of an Airbus A330 in the Azores after running out of fuel mid-Atlantic. T

You're referring to Robert Piché and Air Transat Flight 236 [0], a dead-stick landing of an Airbus A330 in the Azores after running out of fuel mid-Atlantic. The flight crew was assigned partial responsibility for the incident as they did not follow a procedural checklist. The originating problem was the installation of an incorrect fuel system component which allowed fuel lines to chafe and subsequently leak. Piché was discovered to have smuggling experience which took some of the luster off his public image in the days after the incident. One heck of a landing nonetheless. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Transat_Flight_236 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Transat_Flight_236 [edit: realised the referenced article does mention smuggling and fixed an autocorrect error]