A Tunisian airline flight faces a critical situation over the Mediterranean when both engines stall, leading to a forced ditching in the sea. Passengers are left to make life-or-death decisions as the crew struggles to restart the engines.

What crucial error in the aircraft's systems led to the inability of the crew to restart the engines?

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From Season 7 Episode 6 "Falling Fast": Tuninter Flight #1153 (Turbo prop ATR-72)

It’s August 6th, 2005. Tuninter Flight 1153 is flying to the Tunisian resort island of Djerba. It’s high above the Mediterranean when suddenly, its right engine fails. As the pilots begin an emergency descent, their situation gets much worse. Their second engine also stops working --  the plane begins falling towards the sea.

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