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`Forgetful' engineers put plane in peril, grounded
New Delhi : Two Air India engineers were grounded on Monday as they reportedly “forgot“ to remove pins from landing gear which ensure that wheels of an aircraft on ground do not accidentally retract while clearing a plane to take off. Due to this, the pilots could not retract the wheels on getting airborne and had to return to soon after take off. This unprecedented lapse took place on Monday when an AI aircraft was being prepared at Delhi for flying to Kochi. “The plane was cleared to take… (epaperbeta.timesofindia.com) Más...Nah.... They are only a recommendation!
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Walkaround? Preflight? All pins in the cockpit? Umm, what's missing here. I don't have all the pins. What are those red things hanging down from our landing gear? Gear won't raise after takeoff---good. Now we don't have to worry when they don't come down. Our maintenance log or "can" had to have an entry if the pins were installed and another when they were removed. As pilots, we never messed with the gear pins.
What happened to showing all safety pins, especially land gear pins, to the pilot BEFORE the a/c leaves the ramp area?
Really?!?
If the gear pins were left in, what else could these knuckleheads have neglected?
Thank God you didn't have family on this flight, and it wasn't an elevator pin.