The trigger for the checks was the failure of both engines on an Airbus A330-200 operated by Canada's Air Transat and flying from Toronto to Lisbon in Portugal.
Cpt Piche landed his Airbus safely after 120 miles without power
On 24 August, the aircraft's crew noticed a fuel leak in the right engine, which within minutes caused it to shut down.
About 13 minutes later, the left engine followed suit, leaving Captain Robert Piche to fly the plane 113 miles to the Azores, in the Atlantic Ocean about 900 miles from Portugal, without power.
He managed to land the plane, bursting nearly all its tyres but keeping it intact.
Of the 293 passengers and 13 crew on board, 11 people suffered slight injuries.
Downright frightening!
That incident turned out to be the result of a botched maintenance job. After replacing an engine, the crew used the wrong fittings for the fuel line.
Yes, how appropriate the name AIRBUS! When your bus looses power, or the electrical systems go out!! dont worry, your bus driver will just pull over to the side of the airway amd wait for maintenance to redo the fuel lines or reboot the computers, or replace a tail, or even replace the engines if they happen to fall off, because we french have invented the skyhook, sorta like a bus tow truck in the sky. I fly a Boeing Plane when I fly, not a french bus that has to glide 100 miles because of screwed up fuel lines or a tail that falls off! Thank you Boeing for your superior aircraft.
Wow, that pilot sure did a heck of a job flying 100 miles without power! I will fly with him anytime.