They Never Said "Emergency": The Night Flight 052 Ran Out of Fuel
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They Never Said "Emergency": The Night Flight 052 Ran Out of Fuel
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They Never Said "Emergency": The Night Flight 052 Ran Out of Fuel
In this episode, we follow the nine-hour flight from Medellín to New York that ended when a Boeing 707 ran out of fuel and struck trees at Cove Neck. The episode traces the crew, aircraft history, fuel planning and the chain of decisions and silences that unfolded - could clearer communication or different choices have changed what happened?
Date: January 25, 1990
Aircraft: Boeing 707
People: 158 aboard
Captain: Laureano Caviedes Hoyos, 51, 16,000+ hours
Fuel at departure: 78,000 pounds
- The flight departed Medellín at 15:03 EST and had been airborne for over nine hours when the engines stopped.
- Avianca's maintenance records noted a hush kit and aircraft age raised fuel burn by about 10% compared with a newer 707.
- The autopilot altitude-hold was inoperative before departure, requiring full manual flying for the whole route.
- The flight entered holding patterns (first over Norfolk at 19:04) and circled New York airspace for more than an hour while ATC communicated with the crew.
- The cockpit voice recorder had been wrapped in adhesive tape before departure, leaving investigators to rely on audio transmissions to piece together the final hour.
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