Piché: The Landing of a Man(2010)

Piché: The Landing of a Man is a drama based on the true story of Commander Robert Piche, who piloted Airbus Flight 236 from Toronto to Lisbon in August 2001. When the aircraft suffered catastrophic fuel loss mid-Atlantic, Piche faced an impossible choice: certain disaster or a desperate gamble. Drawing on nerves of steel and exceptional skill, he glided the crippled plane to a safe landing, saving all 306 passengers aboard. The film explores the paradox at the heart of this miracle—how a man with a troubled past and a life marked by unconventional choices possessed exactly the composure and ingenuity needed to prevent tragedy. Piche's heroism emerges not despite his history, but somehow because of it.