DeepL for translation. It’s not perfect but it feels so much better than those associated w/ search engines.

Heck-deck!

Seems like it’s either deliberately negligent or sinister:

« The switches are equipped with safeguards, including a locking mechanism, to prevent accidental movement.

They are most often used to turn engines off once a plane has arrived at its airport gate and in certain emergency situations, such as an engine fire. The report does not indicate there was any emergency requiring an engine cutoff.

A US aviation safety expert, John Cox, told Reuters a pilot would not be able to accidentally move the fuel switches that feed the engines. “You can’t bump them and they move, »

« The switches flipped a second apart, the report said, roughly the time it would take to shift one and then the other, according to US aviation expert John Nance. He added that a pilot would normally never turn the switches off in flight, especially as the plane is starting to climb. »

« According to the mayor, the incident may have been related to Asian hornets threatening a beehive that had been installed on the roof terrace of a downtown hotel more than a decade ago. He said that this had likely caused the bees to become aggressive. »

Seems as plausible as some dumb kids throwing rocks at a hive or a smelly wind, I guess 🤷‍♀️

I would have also accepted « side chick »

I would have accepted « Silence of the Lamps » too

But if China has been long since investing and developing trade ties throughout Africa, isn’t it just reliance on China by proxy?

As a side note, 100% understand it’s a big, diverse continent.