On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 05:27:30 -0600, The Daring Dufas
wrote:

I wonder if you remember The Gimli Glider, the 767
that ran out of fuel at cruising altitude. The pilot
happened to be a sailplane pilot also. I remember
reading that every time they tried to duplicate the
landing in the simulator, they had a simulated crash.

http://www.wadenelson.com/gimli.html

TDD

And in further irony, the Air Canada maintenance van that was
dispatched to begin repairs ran out of gas on the road :-)

J