Originally Posted by
Uplinker
To a degree, but well before the flare on an A320, you would have had GPWS mode 4A shouting "TOO LOW GEAR. TOO LOW GEAR" audio, with a RED master warning, AND a bloody great big RED down arrow lighting up next to the gear lever. Or would all of that be inhibited if the gear lever had been put down above 260kts?
I will be fascinated to read the CVR to find out how they got themselves into this situation.
Per a previous post, the "TOO LOW GEAR" alert would have been inhibited due to their airspeed - instead they would have gotten the GPWS alert - which could well have simply been dismissed as a nuisance since they were attempting to land.
Given all that apparently transpired during their initial approach - mistaking a 'Too Low Terrain' as a nuisance indication is actually one of the more understandable mistakes they made.
