Confusion over the captain’s flaps-setting caused the flight crew of a United Airlines 777-200 to mismanage the aircraft’s flight path and descend to within 750 ft. of the Pacific Ocean shortly after departure from Maui, an NTSB report concluded. United Flight 1722 was headed from Maui Kahului...
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