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		chmod600 on July 25, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 40 years ago yesterday Air Canada Flight 143 ran o... "It should not be up to the pilot to ground the plane; shouldn't that be up to the airline or chief engineer?" It's not up to the pilot; it's up to gravity. No fuel left means the plane is going down somewhere soon.

3m on July 25, 2023 [–]

You misunderstood OP. They are referring to making the decision not to fly, or “grounding” the plane.

I don’t think anybody reading this story could have possibly assumed the plane could perpetually fly without fuel…

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