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ID flight # regarding a near disaster?

Sorry, dont know what to call this.

Question:

A few years ago I saw a documentary about a commercial jet that was filled with passengers and flying, I believe, across the Atlantic from the U.S. towards Europe. There was some misunderstanding and one of the crew flicked a switch and emptied all of the gas from the tanks. The plane's engines stalled at 30K feet but the pilot managed to glide the plane, some 150 miles or more, to a small island of the coast of Europe in total darkness and there was no crash.

Did I dream this? Because I can not find any info about this incident anywhere. If you know what I am talking about, please let me know because I would like to read more about this

I recall there being interviews with passengers who described the eerie silence of the plane drifting through the air for so many miles with no engines running.....in the dark
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