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"Andrew B" wrote:

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J.F.
If guys had periods. They would compare the size of their tampons!


I suggest having a search for Gimli Glider to read about some of the problems
encountered when gliding an airliner.
There are plenty of references including :-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider

I read that the pilots managed to achieve roughly ten miles for each five
thousand feet loss of altitude in their Boeing 767-200. I have absolutely no
idea how the A380 would compare to this but would think it would be able to
do something fairly similar. Therefore from 35,000 feet I would not expect
more than 65 miles at most.

Clean L/D for a jet airliner is more on the order of 20:1-25:1, NOT
10:1!

Why would they run out of fuel so far from their destination, other than
due to a gross error (see: Gimli Glider) in calculation fuel load?