The character Gimli was created by J. R. R. Tolkien.
Flight AC7067 was captained by Jean-Marc Blanger, a former head of the Air Canada Pilots Association, while captains Robert Pearson and Maurice Quintal were on board to oversee the flight from Montreal to California's Mojave Airport
 C-GAUN was the 47th Boeing 767 off the production line, and had been delivered to Air Canada less than four months previously

