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1970-01-01 ◴[] No.44538363[source]
It's safe to state these fuel cutoff switches aren't to be touched in-flight unless the word 'fire' is said beforehand. Even then, you only perform fuel cutoff for the flaming engine. If the copilot was busy with takeoff, there is exactly one other person in the entire world that could have flipped both switches. We may never know which one flipped them back.
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1. yard2010 ◴[] No.44541997[source]
There is a visual cue in the case of fire so the pilot won't turn off the wrong engine.