Jet’s only live engine turned off by mistake

The pilot flying a TransAsia Airways jet mistakenly switched off the plane’s only working engine seconds before it crashed on February 4, killing 43 people, Taiwan’s Aviation Safety Council (ASC) said.

The report also showed that Captain Liao Jian-zong had failed simulator training in May 2014, in part because he had insufficient knowledge of how to deal with an engine flame-out on take-off.

“Wow, pulled back the wrong side throttle,” Liao, 41, was heard to say on voice recordings seconds before the crash.