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 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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