Originally Posted by
Jhieminga
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.
I think this is it, the story we got though was shall we say, simplified and a little coloured in as well, perhaps for time and effect.
FB
PS Its the same aircraft as the one in Newquay which the tour guide also claimed.