Q400 Heavy Landing Caused By Prosthetic Arm Detachment

LONDON — Air accidents investigators probing the heavy landing of a FlyBe Q400 turboprop airliner have found that the pilot’s prosthetic arm became detached from the controls as the aircraft flared to land. The one-armed captain was flying the aircraft from Birmingham to Belfast City Airport...

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