Pilot error

Pilot error: U.K. Ministry of Defense has blamed the captain of a Royal Air Force BAe 146 for overshooting a runway and coming to rest in soft soil in June 1994. The pilot was not flying the airplane, but Prince Charles was, and the captain was faulted for not taking control away from him.

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