British Airways plane caught fire after pilot mixed up left and right during take-off - closing Gatwick airport and causing dozens of diversions and cancellations, report reveals

The jet had been about to take off from Gatwick to Vancouver in June last year, when the co-pilot mistook his right hand for his left and pulled back on the lever operating the aircraft's thrust.

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