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Preliminary report into Air India crash released

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314 points cjr | 1 comments | 11 Jul 25 20:23 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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fsckboy ◴[11 Jul 25 23:07 UTC] No.44537714[source]▶
it makes sense to me that the pilot who said "I did not do it" actually did do it without realizing it, was supposed to be putting the landing gear up when he committed a muscle memory mistake. it happened around the time the landing gear should be up, and this explanation matches what was said in the cockpit, and the fact that the landing gear wasn't retracted. I think this idea was even floated initially by the youtube pilot/analysts I watch but dismissed as unlikely.
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russdill ◴[12 Jul 25 00:04 UTC] No.44538063[source]▶
There is no possible way to confuse these two actions. There's a reason a wheel is attached to the gear lever.
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cjbprime ◴[12 Jul 25 00:53 UTC] No.44538329[source]▶
> There is no possible way to confuse these two actions.

This is obviously an overstatement. Any two regularly performed actions can be confused. Sometimes (when tired or distracted) I've walked into my bathroom intending to shave, but mistakenly brushed my teeth and left. My toothbrush and razor are not similar in function or placement.

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1. burnt-resistor ◴[12 Jul 25 04:03 UTC] No.44539200[source]▶
Even humans have fixed action patterns. Much behavior is barely under conscious control.