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TransAsia pilot 'shut down wrong engine' before crash
http://www.france24.com/en/20150702-transasia-GE235-pilot-wrong-engine-crash
TransAsia pilot 'shut down wrong engine' before crash
Latest update : 2015-07-02
A new report on the crash of TransAsia Airways Flight GE235 found that a pilot accidentally shut down the plane's only working engine after the other engine failed. The stalled aircraft then plunged into a river, killing 43 people.
The TransAsia Airways flight plunged into the Keeling River shortly after take-off from Taipei's Songshan Airport in February with 53 passengers and five crew on board. Only 15 people survived.
A report released Thursday by Taiwan's Aviation Safety Council revealed that, seconds before the crash, a pilot said: "Wow, pulled back wrong throttle."
The error led the plane's one working engine to fail after the other had already lost power, investigators said.
