BLENHEIM, ONT. CANADA—It gained notoriety when it dropped in unexpectedly at a former air base-turned-drag strip north of Winnipeg.

Now, a former Air Canada Boeing 767 — dubbed the Gimli Glider — is up for auction, but it could cost the buyer a lofty chunk of dough to snap up the infamous piece of Manitoba history.

The plane became famous when a fuel conversion error between metric and imperial units led to the aircraft running out of gas more than 12,000 metres up in July 1983.

The powerless Edmonton-bound flight glided to the strip near Gimli, forcing spectators at a drag event to scramble for safety, but no one was hurt.

 

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Boeing 767 known as Gimli Glider up for auction