Al Gerharter wrote:

Then there was the Air Transat from Canada to Spain, that developed a
fuel leak, and the "automatic" system sent all of the fuel
into the leaking tank trying to balance the aircraft. They flamed out, and
landed in the Azores dead stick.

Actually, it was the pilots who didn't follow the checklist but rather
cross fed the fuel to the leak manually. Legends never die. Eager top
hear your next one.

Stefan