Airline Puts Pilot in Dangerous Position—and It Results in Disaster

A Critical Mistake

Unbeknownst to Keighley—because he had no idea what he was doing and shouldn't have been put in this situation in the first place—he made a deadly mistake. He had flipped the wing flaps down instead of up. This caused the plane to nosedive right about the top of flight 548's descent.

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.