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Preliminary report into Air India crash released

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356 points cjr | 1 comments | 11 Jul 25 20:23 UTC | HN request time: 0.209s | 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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briandear ◴[12 Jul 25 12:51 UTC] No.44541712[source]▶
Landing gear controls are nothing like the fuel shutoffs. And they are in completely different locations. Landing gear controls are in front of the throttle, fuel shutoffs are aft of the throttles.
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1over137 ◴[12 Jul 25 12:57 UTC] No.44541742[source]▶
Is that "nothing like" though? You are saying they are in different places, ok, but are they similar in other ways? Are both controls the same shape? size? colour? texture?
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1. TylerE ◴[12 Jul 25 13:10 UTC] No.44541827[source]▶
No, no, and no.

Different controls with different t shapes, operated in different ways, of different number, different size, and very different positions. One is down almost on the floor, and well rearward, the other is at stomach height and well forward.

The fuel cutoffs also require pulling the control out and over a guard.