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Through the control cables, put the airplane down. so id be real hesitant to focus on the fire. but the big question is going to be how is that airplane able to fly for another five hours after the original sequence. >> mary, when a plane does run out of gas on auto pilot, how far can it glide? >> well, it can glide very far. in the previous accidents where that has happened, both the payne stewart and the helios, they responded differently. in helios one engine ran out of fuel, the other was fl...

Once it was there they got on their masks, contacted atc after they stabilized the airplane. unfortunately the fire burned through the control cables, put the airplane down. so id be real hesitant to focus on the fire. but the big question is going to be how is that airplane able to fly for another five hours after the original sequence. >> mary, when a plane does run out of gas on auto pilot, how far can it glide? >> well, it can glide very far. in the previous accidents where that has happened...