Boeing 737-400 Crash: Human Error Vs Poor Design

After we put out a recent video looking at the preliminary accident report for the SwiftAir/DHL 737-400 crash in Lithuania, there were many, many interesting comments from viewers. While it seems impossible these days to avoid trolls blaming Boeing just for the sake of blaming Boeing, there were also some people questioning why, exactly, the overhead panel – a factor in the aircraft going down – was designed in the way that it was.