Originally Posted by
OPENDOOR
Assuming this hypothetical situation happened, what would follow?
Aircraft continues on autopilot maintaining heading and FL set until fuel exhaustion at which point 1st then 2nd engine stops. What sort of descent would ensue? I assume the autopilot doesn't stick the nose down and trim for best glide.
The autopilot would not be able to maintain the desired flight path and would then automatically disconnect. At that point the aircraft would be uncontrolled and would eventually crash.