The RMS nominates the airports, most of which we have been discussing here. Obviously in certain extreme situations like Gimli or Air Transat (interestingly both Canadian aircraft) the pilots will get the plane down wherever they jolly-well can.
Now that is a hilarious twist to the event :mrgreen:"The tale has an interesting postscript. After putting the aircraft down, Pearson "(AC Captain)" was left waiting at Gimli until two in the morning for the Air Canada mechanics dispatched to assess the damage. Driving through the back roads from Winnipeg, they had run out of fuel."
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Funny that you should bring this up as the Gimli Glider was featured on Air Crash Investigators last night.
I love this story, esp. the positive ending, ie Fatalities 0, Injuries 0.