Anatomy of a Panic: A Case Study (23 Oct 2004)

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Anatomy of a Panic: A Case Study (23 Oct 2004)
Mystery solved: When they looked back over the ejected pilots’ flying histories, they noted they all had one thing in common. They had all migrated to this aircraft from the same former aircraft. The two aircraft's controls were almost identical except for one important difference: The throttle and ejection seat handle positions had been switched. The pilots flew the new aircraft with no difficulty until an emergency arose, at which point they reverted to old behavior and blew their butts out of the plane. Mr. Brown should consider himself lucky.

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