At least 2 DC-9/MD-80 series crashed because of it ... NWA in Detroit and Spanair in Madrid ... by the way, in both cases the TO warning system didn't work.
hamil:
Whilst I appreciate why that system is in place, I find it hard to excuse professional pilots not properly performing checklists in multi crew aircraft. I am glad to see that whatever alerted the crew in the case under discussion go them to lower the flaps, but the part that gets me is: did these gents actually complete the take off checklist before beginning take off roll?
If not, there is an issue that needs to be addressed here.
Cockpit discipline.