Picture this: An airplane is in a holding pattern over New York for more than one hour because of fog limiting arrivals into John F. Kennedy International Airport. During this hold, the aircraft was exhausting its reserve fuel supply, which would have allowed it to divert to its alternate, Boston.
The first officer of the plane informs the control tower that the plane is low on fuel, but he never directly tells the control tower that the plane is in an emergency situation. Minutes creep by. The plane is finally set to land. The fuel gauge drops to zero. The plane, with 158 people on board, doesn’t make it. Seventy three passengers and crew died, while 85 survived with injuries. Terrifying, isn’t it?
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