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Old 10th Sep 2011, 03:26
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Years ago a Deltoid captain climbing out of LAX thought he was turning off the EEC switches on a 767 and somehow turned off the nearby fuel control switches instead. They got the motors restarted 600 feet off the water, got salt spray on the plane and continued on to CVG, RAT extended, with the blessing of ATL flight ops:

ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 767-232 N103DA Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX)

The FAA did an emergency license revocation and actually went to his house to pick up his ticket in person. I'm told he took early retirement.

The EEC switches were later relocated to the overhead well away from the fuel cutoffs.
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