Originally Posted by
TwinJock
Cannot belief the "wheels-up approach" angle - so the crew ignored the GPWS warning regarding gear position till near touchdown? Configuration warning with flap 30 selected - No ways ....
Agreed, plus the Electronic Checklist would not have been complete resulting in an EICAS warning.
There has been an incident in a B777 where the F/O who was the handling pilot, disconnected the Autothrottle instead of pressing the TOGA switch when commencing the Go Around. The Autothrottle button is located on the side of each thrust lever on the B777, the TOGA switches are located forward of each thrust lever. Not only did the thrust not automatically advance to GA, but the F/D's continued in the Approach mode instead of pitching up. Not saying this is what happened here but it is a more likely scenario for causing the aircraft to strike the runway while the gear was retracting. Inconceivable in a B777 that the crew can land with the gear retracted and not know about it.