hmmmmmm what came first, the chicken or the egg. From the article it appears he ran out of fuel.......is that during long winded texting, or he was texting a MAYDAY?
How can You be distracted for sooooooo long SMSing that You totally run out of fuel?? There is more here to this story than meets the eye
I often SMS in-flight with important up-dates to operational staff whilst in the cruise & at a safe height. Hmmmm I can't see anything wrong with that? Reprogramming a GPS, radio frequencies changes, map refold & read, etc.etc. all cockpit distractions which done at the wrong time, wrong altitude etc all is hazardous?
Land Happy Always
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