Air France: Out of gas? Ask passengers to pitch in

[Graham2001]

PARIS (AP) - An emergency layover in Syria's capital was bad enough. Then passengers on Air France Flight 562 were asked to open their wallets to check if they had enough cash to pay for more fuel.

http://www.9news.com/money/283558/34...rs-to-pitch-in


I'd also seen a similar story in an Air-Safety book:

In 1990, a Paraguayan flight to Brussels planned to refuel in Africa. Its crew mistook Conkaray for Dakar where the airlines credit card was unacceptable. The plane could only take off when the crew borrowed $7000 from a passenger to buy fuel.

The Final Call, Stephen Barlay, Arrow, 1990, pg210