I would not be surprised.
You probably will remember, Broadreach, a long time ago - some 25+ yrs -, an episode (aircraft short of fuel over the Amazon, with most airports below minimums due to bad weather, if I recall correctly) where the captain of a private jet thanked - over the ATC frequency - "to the airport authotity for having killed us", just before crashing short of the runway, after a few missed approaches. He had eventually run out of fuel. Nobody survived.The airport administrator had strictly forbidden some local people from re-opening the runway and lighting it for the emergency approach & landing, under grounds it was "after hours" and he did not have a direct authorization from his "superiors". Always the 'star in the shoulder' mentality, after all...looks like - unfortunately - history keeps repeating itself, from time to time.
