A flight to Malaysia from Sydney accidentally flew 6,000 kilometers (3,728 miles) in the opposite direction to Melbourne because its pilot entered the wrong coordinates, an Australian aviation investigation report has found.
It was the first of several errors the flight crew made that day, according to the report the Australian Transport Safety Bureau published Wednesday.
Faulty earmuffs prompted the captain and the first officer to swap their preflight duties. The captain usually conducts an external inspection, while the first officer remains in the cockpit to complete preparation procedures.
When manually entering the coordinates of the plane's position, the pilot incorrectly entered the longitude from a sign outside the cockpit window as 01519.8 east (15 degrees 19.8 minutes east) instead of 15109.8 east (151 degrees 9.8 minutes east), the report said. Cont.
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