Mayday, mayday, mayday! Air Transat 236. The right engine has flamed out, and we're down to just a few hundred kilograms of fuel left.

Flying halfway across the Atlantic Ocean, the captain of an Airbus A330, carrying 293 passengers and 13 crew members, declared a mayday.

Just minutes after his call, the situation worsened when the left engine also flamed out, leading to all lights shutting off and the deployment of oxygen masks due to the loss of cabin pressurization.

In complete darkness, and with the aircraft's electrical system switched to emergency configuration, the pilots struggled to control the aircraft, working hard to keep it flying. Meanwhile, the crew quickly prepared the passengers for a potential emergency water landing, aware that their chances of survival were slim.

This is the story of Air Transat Flight 236

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00:00 Intro
01:07 Pusback
01:23 Route
01:40 Aircraft information
02:04 Pilots
02:30 Engine replacement
03:51 Take off
04:19 Unusual oil readings
05:15 Fuel leak right engine
06:20 Fuel system
07:26 Fuel imbalance
09:10 Alternative landing site
09:30 Crew member enters cockpit
09:45 Inspection of the wings
10:15 Computer glitch?
10:40 Fuel leak procedure?
11:10 Framing Bias
11:40 Whirlwind of tasks
12:10 Fuel continues to drain
12:34 Course to Lajes Airport
13:12 Right engine flames out
13:52 Mayday Mayday
14:16 Left engine flames out
14:42 Ram Air Turbine
15:04 Gliding
16:27 360-degree turn
17:10 Landing
19:25 Analyse