On December 28, L978,a United Airlines DC-8-61 crashed after running out of fuel during an approach to Oregon's Portland [nternational Airport. In the lour decades since then, every airline pilot and knowledgeable aviation enthusiast in the world will tell yon exacdy what caused that crash: The captain, Malburn MeBroom. ignored the entreaties of his first officer and flight engineer to land immediately, since they knew how rapidly their fuel was disappearing
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