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Robert Piché: the Exploit Becomes a Legacy at the Rodrigue Museum

Summary by journalacces.ca
Twenty-five years after the emergency landing of flight TS236, Commander Robert Piché will be back at the Rodrigue Museum on 22 and 23 August. The weekend will also mark the first anniversary of the site. On 24 August 2001, Air Transat's TS236 flight lost its two engines over the Atlantic. A leak of fuel caused the breakdown. Commander Robert Piché and his co-pilot, Dirk de Jager, then directed the aircraft to Lajes, in the Azores. The 306 peopl…
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Twenty-five years after the emergency landing of flight TS236, Commander Robert Piché will be back at the Rodrigue Museum on 22 and 23 August. The weekend will also mark the first anniversary of the site. On 24 August 2001, Air Transat's TS236 flight lost its two engines over the Atlantic. A leak of fuel caused the breakdown. Commander Robert Piché and his co-pilot, Dirk de Jager, then directed the aircraft to Lajes, in the Azores. The 306 peopl…

·Saint-Sauveur, Canada
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journalacces.ca broke the news in Saint-Sauveur, Canada on Tuesday, August 18, 2026.
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