Agency in gaza that they will run out of fuel tomorrow. And we will turn our focus to new york, where the Un Security Council has been meeting today. Representatives form israel and palestine both had scathing remarks about the response of the un. Welcome to The Programme. One of the two israeli women released last night, after being taken hostage by hamas, has spoken about her ordeal. Yocheved lifshitz, whos 85, said shed been through hell. Her husband, who is 83, is still being held. Israel estimates 220 hostages are still in gaza, after being abducted in the attacks of october 7th. Hamas, which is designated a Terrorist Group by the uk, said the release was for humanitarian reasons. Meanwhile, israel is continuing its aerial bombardment. At least 700 people were killed in gaza in the past 2a hours, according to hamas officials. They also say the total number killed is now more than 5,700, including more than 2,000 children. 0ur International Editor jeremy bowen reports and a warning
new york. a reserve, some holding fuel, and then also enough fuel to go to boston and land. with more than enough fuel, that shouldn t be a problem, but it soon becomes one. in new york, the weather was bad. so as they came up the east coast, they began to be issued holding instructions and they held for three different times. the delays totaled 77 minutes. around 8:20 p.m. they have only a little more than 14,000 pounds of fuel left. enough for another hour or so in the air. during holding pattern, that s when the flight engineer should have make sure that the fuel levels were fine. avianca, too heavy. bring you in 15 miles northeast subpoena that fine with you and your fuel? they inquired with air traffic controllers about how much longer it was going to be. they were complaining about their fuel levels. air traffic control asked where their alternate was, which was trial inning to boston, but the
board. there are no mechanical failures, no structural problems of any kind. it turns out the plane simply runs out of fuel. but how can such a fatal blunder happen? january 25th, 1990, when avianca flight 52 leaves medellin, colombia, the tanks have more than enough fuel for the trip to new york. they had approximately 81,000 pounds of jet fuel on the airplane when they departed. they had done the calculations for the flight plan, the amount of fuel they would burn going to new york, a reserve, some holding fuel, and then also enough fuel to go to boston and land. with more than enough fuel, that shouldn t be a problem, but it soon becomes one. in new york, weather was bad,
through the clouds, slamming into a wooded hill in long island, new york, killing 73 people on board. there are no mechanical failures, no structural problem of any kind. it turns out the plane simply runs out of fuel. but how can such a fatal blunder happen? january 25th, 1990, when avianca flight 52 leaves medellin, colombia, the tanks have more than enough fuel for the 2500-mile trip to new york. they had approximately 81,000 pounds of jet fuel on the airplane when they departed. they had done the calculations for the flight plan, the amount of fuel they would burn going to new york, a reserve, some holding fuel, and then also enough fuel to go to boston and land. with more than enough fuel, that shouldn t be a problem, but
the jet silently falls through the clouds, slamming into a wooded hill, killing 73 people on board. there are no mechanical failures, no structural problem of any kind. it turns out, but how can such a fatal blunder happen? january 25th, 1990, when avi a. in. ca flight leaves medellin, colombia, the tanks have more than enough fuel for the trip to new york. they had approximately 81,000 pounds of jet fuel on the airport when they departed. they had done the calculations for the flight plan, the amount of fuel they would burn going to new york, a reserve, some holding fuel, and then also enough fuel to go to boston and land.