Go around and try again, this time with wheels
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Go around and try again, this time with wheels
"This is your Captain speaking. To avoid interferring with sensitive flight equipment during critical stages of flight, can I remind you to keep your mobiles phones switched off until you are in the terminal building."
Pilot 'texting during landing'
Of course, as with hospitals, safety critical restrictions do not apply to staff.
Pilot 'texting during landing'
Of course, as with hospitals, safety critical restrictions do not apply to staff.
Reminds me of the story of the Los Angeles Metrolink engineer who crashed because he missed a stop signal while testing. 
Report: Metrolink Engineer Texting With Teen Moments Before Killer Commuter Crash - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News - FOXNews.com
At least we have additional backup safety systems in modern aircraft to give a second chance at boneheads who violate the most basic of safety procedures as well as common sense.
Report: Metrolink Engineer Texting With Teen Moments Before Killer Commuter Crash - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News - FOXNews.com
At least we have additional backup safety systems in modern aircraft to give a second chance at boneheads who violate the most basic of safety procedures as well as common sense.
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ATSB initial report
AO-2010-035
The report only states that the go-around was due to a config warning.
The rest (gear, mobile phone) appears to be speculation
DIVOSH!
The report only states that the go-around was due to a config warning.
The rest (gear, mobile phone) appears to be speculation
DIVOSH!
Reminds me of the story of the first officer who noticed the captain had not called for landing gear down during an ILS and dropped the hint diplomatically by saying "Do you want me to go ahead with the landing checklist, Captain - or would you prefer to concentrate on the ILS...."?
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Over the years I've had several of these warnings and discontinued the approaches. Each time the aircraft has said the gear not was down and locked. Big deal. But the BIG question is, which plonker knows for SURE that these guys were distracted to such an extent that they forgot the gear? To know for sure, you'd have to be in the flight deck. And if you were that close it would be face arrangingly personal...
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Hey there big man composed of different parts 
you can avoid this by putting down the gear 
saves a lot of gas, or are you trying to say you got false warnings?
btw, how can you get quotes of people on this board? I don't have a little quote button on the bottom of posts like on other boards!
you can avoid this by putting down the gear saves a lot of gas, or are you trying to say you got false warnings?btw, how can you get quotes of people on this board? I don't have a little quote button on the bottom of posts like on other boards!
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How do people know for sure that they were on their mobiles?
Click on 'Reply' for the post you want to quote and in the address bar where it says &noquote=1 change to &noquote=0
Hey there big man composed of different parts you can avoid this by putting down the gear saves a lot of gas, or are you trying to say you got false warnings?
btw, how can you get quotes of people on this board? I don't have a little quote button on the bottom of posts like on other boards!
you can avoid this by putting down the gear saves a lot of gas, or are you trying to say you got false warnings?btw, how can you get quotes of people on this board? I don't have a little quote button on the bottom of posts like on other boards!
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btw, how can you get quotes of people on this board? I don't have a little quote button on the bottom of posts like on other boards!
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It happens
I've received emails from a captain of a UK airline whilst he was flying..more than once! And yes, I questioned it....his reply: autopilot flying.
Guess if this is true it may not be an isolated case
Guess if this is true it may not be an isolated case
Funny, all that leaving my cell on in-flight does is to make the battery run down really fast as it tries unsuccessfully to "shake hands" with the myriad cells I'm overflying at any one time.
When I'm on approach, I will sometimes get a bunch of voicemails which have accumulated, but I have never once had my phone ring above 10,000 ft.
When I'm on approach, I will sometimes get a bunch of voicemails which have accumulated, but I have never once had my phone ring above 10,000 ft.
