"In an incident with disturbing overtones of the famed Gimli glider, an Air Canada jet suffered an engine failure after a fuel tank ran dry over Chile, federal safety officials say.

A faulty fuel gauge — that often went blank during a January flight to Santiago from Toronto — is being blamed as the reason pilots thought they had more fuel in the tank than they actually did." The Star

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