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Air Canada Boeing 767

This image shows an airplane, the Air Canada Boeing 767. Canada's conversion from imperial to metric systems of measurement meant a flight crew miscalculated, causing a plane to run out of fuel. The pilot was able to glide to a safe landing.

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