Originally Posted by
Airbubba
In 1987 a Delta captain somehow confused square buttons with round knobs and shut off both engines on a 767 out of LAX. He got the motors started and they pressed on to CVG where salt spray was rinsed off the plane prior to the next leg to LGA. The square buttons were subsequently relocated far away from the round knobs to prevent a reoccurrance. The captain was relocated away from the Delta flight deck as well.
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I love snarky sarcasm. Nicely done!