The head of the Federal Aviation Administration said on Thursday the fatal crash last month of an Air India Boeing BA.N 787 jet does not appear to have been caused by a mechanical issue or inadvertent movement of the fuel control unit or switches.
Reuters reported last week, citing a source, that the cockpit recording on the Air India flight from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick suggested the captain cut fuel to the engines.
They have to do it every day. It’d be exceedingly rare, but then I’m sure many of us have at least once in our lives put the car in the wrong gear. Yes it takes a little extra effort to turn the switches, but muscle memory might be able to overcome that.
It’s like turning off the ignition, twice. That would not be a brain fart, it’d be a complete brain failure. Like having a stroke, but with actions instead of words.