July 29, 2015
A shocking recording (click here for audio) has emerged of a passenger plane pilot with just three minutes of fuel being told that he can't land at an airport because the runway was closed.
Allegiant Air flight 426 was circling Fargo's Hector International Airport in North Dakota requesting permission to land, but was notified that the airport was out of service as the Navy's Blue Angels were practising for a forthcoming air show.
However, the pilot then told ground officials that he didn't have any "fuel to go anywhere else" when it was recommended he fly to an airport 70 miles away....
A shocking recording (click here for audio) has emerged of a passenger plane pilot with just three minutes of fuel being told that he can't land at an airport because the runway was closed.
Allegiant Air flight 426 was circling Fargo's Hector International Airport in North Dakota requesting permission to land, but was notified that the airport was out of service as the Navy's Blue Angels were practising for a forthcoming air show.
However, the pilot then told ground officials that he didn't have any "fuel to go anywhere else" when it was recommended he fly to an airport 70 miles away....
