Large airliners have multiple engines and redundant systems , so forced landings are extremely rare for them , but some notable ones have occurred . A famous example is the Gimli Glider , an Air Canada Boeing 767 that ran out of fuel and glided to a safe landing in Gimli , Manitoba , Canada on July 23 , 1983 . On June 1982 , British Airways Flight 9 , a Boeing 747 en route from Kuala Lumpur to Perth flew into a plume of volcanic ash and lost power in all four engines , three of which subsequently recovered , eventually diverting to Jakarta . On April 28 , 1988 , Aloha Airlines Flight 243 experienced an explosive decompression when approximately 35 square-meters of aluminium skin separated from the fuselage . The flight was successfully diverted to Kahului Airport with only one casualty , flight attendant Clarabelle " C.B. " Lansing who was sucked out when the cabin depressurized . Less than a month later , another 737 , TACA Flight 110 , lost both engines due to bad weather but was able to make a successful deadstick landing on a grass levee on the grounds of NASA 's Michoud Assembly Facility outside New Orleans , with minor injuries to the passengers and minor damage to the aircraft . Investigations drove the engine manufacturer , CFM International , to modify the engine design to prevent future power loss
Gimli Glider
Gimli Glider
Emergency landing