FLC OF AN LGT ASSISTS ANOTHER MLG TO LNDG SHORT OF DEST WITH ONLY MINOR INJURIES WHEN THE FLC OF A FOREIGN CARRIER BECAME DISORIENTED OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO.

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OUR FLT WAS CALLED UPON TO CONTACT A DC9 THAT WAS RPTED LOST. WE MADE CONTACT WITH THE ACFT; CONFIRMED THEY WERE GEOGRAPHICALLY DISORIENTED AND HAD LESS THAN 20 MINS OF FUEL REMAINING. THROUGH RADIO RELAY WITH THE CTLING AGENCY; THE ACFT'S POS WAS DETERMINED AND A VECTOR HDG WAS RELAYED TO THE NEAREST ARPT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THAT THE DC9 WAS A FOREIGN ACFT ENRTE TO CANCUN; MEXICO. THEY ALMOST MADE IT FROM THEIR ALT; BUT LANDED SHORT OF THE RWY RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES ONLY. THE RPTR WAS APPROX 150 MI AWAY FROM THE OTHER ACFT AT THE TIME OF HIS HELP. THEY WERE OUT OF ORLANDO; FL; AND OVERFLEW THEIR WESTERLY HDG AND BECAME DISORIENTED. RPTR WAS ABLE TO HAVE THEM IDENT THE APPROPRIATE RADIO VOR AIDS TO PINPOINT THEIR POS. SINCE THEY WERE AT HIGH ALT; BUT OUT OF RANGE OF THE UNITED STATES ATC CTR; THE FOREIGN CTR COULD NOT TALK TO THEM; LET ALONE PICK THEM UP ON RADAR; SO RPTR RELAYED INFO ON THE FLT TO THE FOREIGN CTR CTLR. WITH THE SMALL AMOUNT OF FUEL THE ENGS STOPPED AND THE ACFT GLIDED DOWN ALMOST ONTO THE ARPT. RPTR WAS IN A B727.