Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83 based; site houem.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!houxm!houem!hgp From: hgp@houem.UUCP (#H.PAGE) Newsgroups: net.aviation Subject: Re: China Airlines 747 Message-ID: <311@houem.UUCP> Date: Sun, 10-Mar-85 23:20:12 EST Article-I.D.: houem.311 Posted: Sun Mar 10 23:20:12 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 12-Mar-85 21:56:33 EST References: <3442@alice.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ Lines: 16 <...> 'Just returned from a trip to Seattle. On the way their, our departure was delayed do to some problem with the baggage handling equipment. So I walked up to the flight deck and asked the pilot what he thought happend on the China Air Lines flight. His guessed that the crew members probably all fell asleep, and the dive started when the engines flamed out due to fuel starvation when it was time to switch tanks. Does this sound plausible? Howard G. Page ..!ihnp4!houem!hgp