I can’t stand aviation news reporting…This was 100% human error. Someone moved the gear handle (commanding the retraction of the landing gear), with hydraulics powered, after defeating numerous safeties.
There are many reasons to be messing around with the gear handle on the ground, but there are also MANY procedures (because this is the result every time) to do so safely.
You can see the main landing gear doors open in this picture:
…opening the gear doors is the first step of a commanded gear retraction.
I can’t stand aviation news reporting…This was 100% human error. Someone moved the gear handle (commanding the retraction of the landing gear), with hydraulics powered, after defeating numerous safeties.
There are many reasons to be messing around with the gear handle on the ground, but there are also MANY procedures (because this is the result every time) to do so safely.
You can see the main landing gear doors open in this picture:
…opening the gear doors is the first step of a commanded gear retraction.
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