The crew , probably under the mistaken belief that the aircraft had suffered Bodily_harm a double engine flame-out , did not take the necessary actions to recover from the stall .

Due to their large size , the East Indiamen could be mistaken Coming_to_believe for ships of the line at a distance , and the French commander Commodore Jean-François Landolphe was un-nerved when the convoy formed Becoming a line of battle Hostile_encounter .

in september 2015 , the results of a six-month investigation Criminal_investigation by a panel of experts assembled by the inter-american commission on human rights stated Statement that the government 's claim Statement that the students were killed Killing in a garbage dump because they were mistaken Judgment_communication for members of a drug gang was `` scientifically impossible '' given Giving the setting 's conditions .

The subsequent investigation Criminal_investigation by Spanish authorities concluded Coming_to_believe that the primary cause Causation of the accident was the KLM captain 's decision to take off Departing in the mistaken belief that a takeoff Self_motion clearance from air traffic control Control ( ATC ) had been issued Creating .

Israel apologized Judgment_communication for the attack , saying that the USS `` Liberty '' had been attacked Attack in error after being mistaken for an Egyptian ship .

In part they were reacting Response to poor treatment and a desire for freedom ; in addition , there was a widespread Dispersal , mistaken belief that Parliament had passed a law for emancipation , but it was being withheld by the colonial rulers .