A UK military transport plane carrying 198 people experienced a sudden, terrifying dive after the captain's personal DSLR camera became wedged in the flight controls.
The incident injured 24 passengers and several crew members, with a catastrophic crash averted only when the copilot managed to dislodge the camera and regain control of the aircraft.
Imagine scrambling across the ceiling of your Airbus A330’s cockpit during a terrifying negative-G dive to reach your pilot seat and avert disaster in the nick of time.
That’s just what happened after the captain of a UK military transport plane nearly caused a crash when his personal digital SLR camera became wedged between the airplane’s sidestick and armrest.
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