Mayday!

Running on Fumes: Avianca 52


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We run out of gas in our cars all the time. It is, at worst, a very annoying inconvenience. But how does a passenger plane run out of fuel? On January 25, 1990, a Boeing 707 with 150 on board crashed into a backyard in Long Island, tearing apart on impact. The cause? The plane had burned through over 70,000 pounds of fuel on its flight. But how did this happen? And who is responsible for the deaths of 75 people? Caroline and Alex discuss this hotly-debated international flight gone horribly wrong.

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