In article t, Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
Whether he was short of fuel due to poor planning or due to a fuel leak is
irrelevant, the end result of fuel starvation over the lake is death.

No it's not - with proper survival gear, a ditching is eminently
survivable. Crossing the lake WITHOUT it means the result is death.

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Dylan Smith, Castletown, Isle of Man
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