Robert Piché ( born November 5 , 1952 ) is a Canadian pilot . On August 24 , 2001 , he was captain of the Airbus A330 flying Air Transat Flight 236 and managed to land the aircraft safely in the Azores after it lost all power due to fuel exhaustion . This remains a record glide length for a commercial aircraft . Piché and his co-pilot were later assigned partial responsibility for the incident , despite not being responsible for the improper maintenance that led to the fuel exhaustion
Air Transat Flight 236
Air Transat Flight 236
Robert Piché