“Wow, pulled back the wrong side throttle.”
These were among the final words spoken by the pilot of TransAsia Flight 235 on February 4, 2015, just moments before the aircraft collided with a highway bridge in Taiwan, resulting in the tragic deaths of 43 out of its 58 passengers.
According to the report from Taiwan’s Aviation Safety Council, the aircraft had just departed from Taipei’s Songshan Airport when one of its engines experienced a loss of power.
The pilot, tragically killed along with the co-pilot, inadvertently shut down the remaining operational engine by pulling the wrong throttle, resulting in a sharp banking of the aircraft. This led to a collision with the Huandong Viaduct before the plane nosedived into the Keelung River below.
Tuninter Flight 1153, 2009
