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Preliminary report into Air India crash released

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334 points cjr | 2 comments | 11 Jul 25 20:23 UTC | HN request time: 0.582s | 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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chmod775 ◴[12 Jul 25 00:22 UTC] No.44538151[source]▶
Sometimes people put cleaning liquid in the fridge.

Given a long enough span of time, every possible fuck up eventually will happen.

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dboreham ◴[12 Jul 25 01:02 UTC] No.44538383[source]▶
Probably time to design a plane that can't be sent into terrain in seconds by flipping a switch.
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1. Mawr ◴[12 Jul 25 09:10 UTC] No.44540534[source]▶
And a gun that doesn't let you point it at your face. And a knife that doesn't let you cut yourself. And a car that doesn't let you accelerate into a static object. And...
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2. brookst ◴[12 Jul 25 15:19 UTC] No.44542672[source]▶
Hey my car won’t let me accelerate into a static object. It’s so good it will even slam on the brakes when driving 5mph in a parking garage because it thinks parked cars are oncoming traffic.