El Al pilots forget to lower wheels on Heathrow landing

Times of Israel ^ | April 22, 2014 | Stuart Winer

[Gamecock]

forget to lower wheels on Heathrow landing

I guess he missed that day in pilot school.

[Bob]

If it takes full power to taxi, you may not have put your wheels down. :=)

[mabarker1]

LOL!

A don’t worry about the scrapes on the belly- they’ll buff right out.

[CARTOUCHE]

He was still at 1200 feet or so when the warning sounded, so why didn’t he just drop ‘em and continue the approach? Three greens is a GO on a 73 isn’t it?

[KingLudd]

News site’s full name: Nana Nabooboo

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

We call them anti-chaffing rubbers.

[rjsimmon]

Haaretz reported that one of the pilots involved was sent to complete a training course as well as testing on a simulator.

Both pilots should have to take additional trainer time since it is a crew-served aircraft. The Co-Pilot initiates and verifies the checklists.

[Jack Hydrazine]

When you deploy the landing gear it changes your approach angle because of the loss in speed from flying dirty(ier).

[I cannot think of a name]

Very, very unusual. Most El Al pilots are ex-military or current military - and dam good. Makes you wonder what else was happening that they were so distracted.

[Popman]

Guess they thought allah was flying the plane....

[areukiddingme1]

More happy graduates from Rudi Dekkers flight school?

[CARTOUCHE]

Thanks Jack, my days in a 150 are long past and weren’t complicated by gear issues. Good point.

[Jack Hydrazine]

Remember the old saying...

Pitch, power, trim! Pitch, power, trim!

[Gamecock]

I was actually wondering about that. (Not a pilot) Thanks.

[Carlucci]

I always wonder why the airlines and the FAA haven’t changed the rules on when the landing gear is dropped. It seems flying those several miles with the increased drag from the gear is expensive, costing many millions of dollars of fuel cumulatively each year.

I guess now I have my answer. Too dangerous to wait any longer.

[Gamecock]

Perhaps recently fired from Asiana? Sum Ting Wong must be looking for work after his last landing in San Francisco.

[Jack Hydrazine]

I usually see them drop their gear about 10-12 miles out.

[DownInFlames]

Just like in airplane.

[IYAS9YAS]

Guess they thought allah was flying the plane....

El Al is an Israeli airline. I doubt they'd be using pilots who pray to allah.