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Airlines are flying hundreds of "ghost" planes to keep their airport slots, burning thousands in extra gallons of fuel and angering environmentalists.

There’s no doubt that the UFO subject has changed over the decades. And, no, I’m not talking about the various researchers and investigators that have croaked over the years. I’m talking about the ever-warping phenomenon itself, and how it has clearly altered as time has passed. In the late 1890s there was a “flap” of... Read more »

By one of the pilots. >> this is where the mystery starts because what happened? >> reporter: johnson suspects a midair emergency or a deliberate act in the cockpit depressurizing the cabin at high altitude. oxygen starvation, highypoxia. its happened before. helios airways lost pressure. the crew lost consciousness and the plane with 121 people slammed into a mountain. golfer stewarts jet prepressurized after takeoff. the plane flew without a pilot for four hours before crashing into the field....

Depressurized after takeoff. the plane flew without a pilot for four hours before crashing into a field. the autopilot kept those ghost planes in the air long after all aboard were dying or dead. if theres not another way point entered, what does the autopilot do? snits going to fly along until the fuel runs out. >> reporter: our simulator shows how the autopilot untouched keeps the airliner flying south for hours. the fuel gauge drops to zero somewhere over the southern indian ocean. >> look at...