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In the way a pilot might misclick one time on a popup and crash a plane, yes. Except that never happens, because pilots know better than to use systems where a single misclick can mean a crash, which is much more than we can say about the top tiers of the US government.

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Let's not condemn the top tiers of the US government based on the top tiers of the current administration.

Eastern Air Lines flight 401 crashed because the pilot accidentally changed the autopilot setting while diagnosing a separate problem.

Of course, the more fundamental reason was that he wasn't looking at where the aeroplane was going, not even periodically.

And as a result, "crew resource training" is now mandatory for pilots, to try and prevent it happening again in the future.

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