It's a tough call but I think this is a Lifestyle thread rather than Entertainment ... hence moved.
I saw a documentary on recently in which a transatlantic flight got into almost idential difficulties and glided in for a landing, IIRC, on the Canaries. Can't remember the details though.
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Good old Wikipedia ... it was the Azores.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Transat_Flight_236