Originally Posted by
Finningley Boy
I thought it might be, it was told to me by one of the Tour Guide's showing myself and a bunch of emmets around the VC-10 at CAHC, the thing is, I was back a year or two later, and the tour guide never mentioned it, so I chipped in and relayed the story as best as I could remember. I did accept the improbability of the situation, nevertheless, everyone including the tour guide were impressed.
I will have to agree with BEagle, the autopilot part of it sounds illogical. I wonder though if this story has been mistranslated and/or misremembered:
https://www.vc10.net/History/inciden...fuelstarvation The airframe in Newquay used to fly for East African Airways as 5Y-ADA before it became a RAF VC10 K3 tanker as ZA148.