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> These switches are locked into place with a spring loaded detent switch. It's impossible to accidentally switch these off.

The report specifically mentions SAIB No. NM-18-33 which would be a very odd thing to do if the investigators didn't at least consider this to be a possibility.

> You say muscle memory. No muscle memory is involved in fuel cut off for both engines seconds after take off.

It doesn't matter when the action is normally done - muscle memory means that the complex action of flipping a guarded switch doesn't really need a bigger brain fart than any other input because once the action is initiated you're acting on autopilot.



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