finger trouble

finger trouble
 n.β€” Β«Iberia and Spantax pilots, more than most, have been having what safety experts call “finger trouble.” They have been hitting the wrong numbers on the inertial navigation system keyboard.Β» β€”β€œOff Course: Spanish Airlines Make More Than Their Share Of Navigational Errors” by William M. Carley in Madrid Wall Street Journal June 6, 1984. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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