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Other times this has happened: Qantas https://forums.jetphotos.com/forum/general-discussion-forums/aviation-safety-discussion-forum/50064-qantas-pilots-forget-

Other times this has happened: Qantas https://forums.jetphotos.com/forum/general-discussion-forums/aviation-safety-discussion-forum/50064-qantas-pilots-forget-to-lower-landing-gear https://forums.jetphotos.com/forum/general-discussion-forums... El Al https://www.timesofisrael.com/el-al-pilots-nearly-try-landing-with-wheels-up/ https://www.timesofisrael.com/el-al-pilots-nearly-try-landin... IAF https://indianexpress.com/article/india/chandigarh/when-an-an-32-did-a-belly-landing-because-pilots-forgot-to-lower-landing-gear-5780076/ https://indianexpress.com/article/india/chandigarh/when-an-a... Jetstar, 2012 (!) http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/323319 http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/323319 Once this 737 MAX stuff dies down, we'll probably stop seeing every pilot fart or hiccup reaching the front page. Pilots make mistakes, they always have and always will, we just haven't seen them reported as much. Commercial aircraft are still as safe as they ever were.

t0mas88 7y ago
It's not a very big deal. In pilot training the common saying is "there are those that have forgotten the gear, and those that will", nobody is immune, you will forget it once at some point. Luckily it beeps at you loudly when you do :-)
- FabHK 7y ago
  Here, two experienced pilots land gear up (in a small single engine machine) even though it beeps loudly... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5McECUtM8fw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5McECUtM8fw
  - RealityVoid 7y ago
    That is amazing. I wonder why they did not react to the obvious beeping. They seemed to just shrug it off.
    - danaliv 7y ago
      Gear warnings are the “this website is insecure, are you sure” of aviation. They go off for all kinds of dumb reasons. You learn to tune it out whether you want to or not.
  - tr352 7y ago
    Ha! I know that pilot. Indeed a very experienced man. In case anyone wonders: that airplane was fixed and flies again.
    - credit_guy 7y ago
      This comment makes it to my Top 3 "I know what I'm talking about" list on Hacker News. Number 1 and 2 being the guy who won the Putnam, and the guy who burned the wood from a boat. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35079 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35079 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10803552 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10803552
  - t0mas88 7y ago
    Yes! That one is famous, I flew the same type of aircraft when I was in training.
  - nodesocket 7y ago
    "What is that irritating beeping noise?" Slams the body of the plane down on the runway.
- inferiorhuman 7y ago
  It's not a very big deal. It's a little bit bigger of a deal because this was their second going around due to being misconfigured for landing.
Merrill 7y ago
Commercial aircraft are much safer than they ever were. In the 60s-80s there were typically just over 2000 fatalities per year. In the last decade typically under 1000 fatalities per year, despite the increase in passenger miles since the '80s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_accidents_and_incidents#Statistics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_accidents_and_inciden...

t0mas88 7y ago

It's not a very big deal. In pilot training the common saying is "there are those that have forgotten the gear, and those that will", nobody is immune, you will forget it once at some point. Luckily it beeps at you loudly when you do :-)

FabHK 7y ago
Here, two experienced pilots land gear up (in a small single engine machine) even though it beeps loudly... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5McECUtM8fw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5McECUtM8fw
- RealityVoid 7y ago
  That is amazing. I wonder why they did not react to the obvious beeping. They seemed to just shrug it off.
  - danaliv 7y ago
    Gear warnings are the “this website is insecure, are you sure” of aviation. They go off for all kinds of dumb reasons. You learn to tune it out whether you want to or not.
- tr352 7y ago
  Ha! I know that pilot. Indeed a very experienced man. In case anyone wonders: that airplane was fixed and flies again.
  - credit_guy 7y ago
    This comment makes it to my Top 3 "I know what I'm talking about" list on Hacker News. Number 1 and 2 being the guy who won the Putnam, and the guy who burned the wood from a boat. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35079 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35079 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10803552 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10803552
- t0mas88 7y ago
  Yes! That one is famous, I flew the same type of aircraft when I was in training.
- nodesocket 7y ago
  "What is that irritating beeping noise?" Slams the body of the plane down on the runway.
inferiorhuman 7y ago
It's not a very big deal. It's a little bit bigger of a deal because this was their second going around due to being misconfigured for landing.

Merrill 7y ago

Commercial aircraft are much safer than they ever were. In the 60s-80s there were typically just over 2000 fatalities per year. In the last decade typically under 1000 fatalities per year, despite the increase in passenger miles since the '80s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_accidents_and_incidents#Statistics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_accidents_and_inciden...