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Cockpit Sun Visor Breaks and Its Parts Shut Down an Engine

An unusual incident occurred in the cockpit of a Ryanair Boeing 737 operating the Kraków (KRK) – Milan (MXP) flight on December 8. Shortly after takeoff, as flight #FR3505 was climbing and reached approximately 8,000 feet, a cockpit sun visor became detached and inadvertently struck the fuel cut-off switch, causing one of the aircraft’s engines to shut down. The crew…