Robert Piché

Robert Piché (born November 5, 1952) 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.

Early life and education

Piché grew up in Quebec's remote Gaspé Peninsula and learned to fly as a teenager. In 1973 he graduated from a college in Chicoutimi (CEGEP de Chicoutimi).

Airline career

After graduation he worked for regional airlines until he was laid off by Quebecair. After being laid off, he worked odd jobs which consisted of smuggling marijuana to the United States by plane.

In 1983, Piché served 16 months of a 10-year sentence in prison after a plane he landed solo at a small airfield in Georgia, USA was found to be full of marijuana smuggled from Jamaica. He was pardoned in 2000 and is considered fully rehabilitated.

Róbert Pich

Róbert Pich (born 12 November 1988) is a Slovak footballer who plays for Śląsk Wrocław, on loan from 1. FC Kaiserslautern.

Club career

MŠK Žilina

In December 2010, he has signed three-and-a-half-year contract for Žilina to join them on 1 February 2011.

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