If all on board where incapacitated with the autopilot engaged, it may have
simply flown until the fuel ran out. If the autopilot was programmed to fly
it to the destination and then join a holding pattern, it could have done
this until it ran out of fuel.

If anyone handled the controls, the autopilot would have disengaged.

W.J. (Bill) Dean (U.K.).
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"Eric Greenwell" wrote in message
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Derrick Steed wrote:

What I don't get is:

1. how you get a very hard to put out fuel fire from a crashed aeroplane
that was empty of fuel

2. considering that the flight was from Cyprus Larnaca to Athens and the
aircraft crashed on route - again, how come it ran out of fuel?

Our news reports (Western USA) said the aircraft flew over it's
destination at 35,000', so it doesn't sound like it ran out of fuel on
route. The crash seemed to be attributed to disengagement of the
autopilot, perhaps by someone, or by a problem in the system.


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