Fuel exhaustion/starvation is not unknown amongst airline transport category aircraft. Recall Air Canada's 767 gliding in to Gimli. Air Transat's Airbus gliding in to the Azores. United's DC-8 near PDX. Avianca's 707 near JFK..Lynard Skynard's Convair 240 fuex...the list goes on and on..nuff said.