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Originally Posted by jtrain609  Remember that United DC-8 that crashed in Portland because they ran outta gas while troubleshooting a problem? The engineer and FO knew they were running on fumes, but because of an intimidating captain they couldn't, or wouldn't speak up. . |
train, if you're going to cite individual accidents, you should know what you're talking about.
This one had nothing to do with intimidation, it had everything to do with a Captain who was deathly afraid of fire. He was bound and determined to land with empty tanks and he did just that.
Unfortunately it was 10 miles short of the runway.
BTW, there was no post crash fire.