Bottom line, this incident is reminiscent of the Eastern L1011 in the Everglades, though thankfully it did not result in a loss of life. But goes to show how a $10 piece of equipment working incorrectly can contribute to/cause tremendous damage.
Having worked the B767 for quite a few years, i have been called to look at system faults by outbound crews that were not reported by inbound crew or the engineers doing the turn. In this situation first thing to do is ask what they touched then check the CB's and on many occasions we've found CB's "popped" on that panel, usually caused by F/O putting his flight bag in to the stowage area (esp if the company has not fitted the metal bars or plastic guards) What we could do with is some sort of monitoring system
