birth_place nationality birth_date known_for article_title name occupation
mont-joli , québec canadian 5 november 1952 air transat flight 236 robert piché
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robert piché

robert piché -lrb- born november 5 , 1952 -rrb- is a canadian pilot .
on august 24 , 2001 , he was captain of the airbus a330 flying air transat flight 236 and managed to land the aircraft safely in the azores after it lost all power due to fuel exhaustion .
this remains a record glide length for a commercial aircraft .
piché and his co-pilot were later assigned partial responsibility for the incident .
