Originally Posted by
munnst
How many people have died due to low or zero fuel scenarios versus pilot error?
What do the stats say as to whether this should bother me or not?
Several airliners have been dead sticked for one reason or another with no loss of life. At least one with zero fuel.
It's not that. It's the fact that a crew that has been trained to a high standard at a respected and world-renowned airline didn't take charge of an already deteriorating situation, nor take the initiative to divert earlier which could have prevented this whole mess. Plus, they went around on one of their gazillion attempts to land at Batam all because they couldn't autoland (despite being visual).
So, one must wonder what on earth was going on?