"Mayday, mayday, mayday. We have lost both engines due to fuel starvation. We're gliding now," transmitted 28-year-old First Officer Dirk DeJager over the emergency frequency. It was August 24, 2001, ...

TORONTO — Air Transat Flight 236 was more than seven miles above the Atlantic Ocean before dawn Friday when Capt. Robert Piche heard the right engine stop. He started to descend slowly to reduce the ...