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Even more than that. There were a couple of incidents in the USSR. One with Tu-104 in 1961, when the pilot turned off the wrong engine, although in that case, instrumentation also failed properly to indicate the malfunctioning engine. Then there was a Tu-154 flight ЮХ372 in 2010, where incorrect engine failure indications prompted rash actions that resulted in a crash landing.

And the TransAsia Airways Flight 235 in 2015 with a very similar story to the one in the article.



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