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fsckboy ◴[] 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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dyauspitr ◴[] No.44538361[source]
If you shut off the engines a couple of dozen meters above ground shouldn’t every alarm be blaring or there should be some sort of additional lever you have to pull way out of the way to enable shutting off the engine that close to the ground.
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1. bestouff ◴[] No.44541005[source]
On an Airbus yes, engines won't stop if the thrust lever isn't on "idle".

Not so much on a Boeing.