Nothing says he had enough fuel to start with, perhaps he
had to cruise lower than flight planned for fuel and ran
low, maybe the wind changed. But a running jet rarely quits
except for running out of fuel.



"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
...
| In a previous article, "Jim Macklin"
said:
| fired up. It stopped [my guess] when it ran out of fuel
| [possible reason the pilot landed a jet on an airport
closed
| to jets and downwind at that].
|
| Except he landed at the airport he filed his flight plan
to. So unlikely
| he was out of fuel.
|
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