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Old March 5th, 2009, 07:00 AM posted to rec.travel.europe,rec.travel.air
Terry Bull
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Default One dead as plane carrying 135 passengers crashes and breaks intothree pieces at Amsterdam airport

On Mar 5, 2:27*am, "Jim Davis" wrote:
"Terry Bull" wrote in message

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On Mar 4, 9:54 pm, Jesper Lauridsen wrote:

On 2009-02-26, Xposting wrote:


seems it ran out of fuel......d'oh


Planes don't drop out of the sky when they run out of fuel.
only when they are close to the ground ?


Possible. *Slower speed for landing, with flaps down.


and with a faulty altimeter coupled to throttle the engines back
automatically !!