<story><title>Jetstar pilots forgot to lower the landing gear</title><url>https://www.airlineratings.com/news/jetstar-pilots-forgot-lower-landing-gear/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>starpilot</author><text>Other times this has happened:&lt;p&gt;Qantas &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;forums.jetphotos.com&amp;#x2F;forum&amp;#x2F;general-discussion-forums&amp;#x2F;aviation-safety-discussion-forum&amp;#x2F;50064-qantas-pilots-forget-to-lower-landing-gear&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;forums.jetphotos.com&amp;#x2F;forum&amp;#x2F;general-discussion-forums...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;El Al &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.timesofisrael.com&amp;#x2F;el-al-pilots-nearly-try-landing-with-wheels-up&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.timesofisrael.com&amp;#x2F;el-al-pilots-nearly-try-landin...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;IAF &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;indianexpress.com&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;india&amp;#x2F;chandigarh&amp;#x2F;when-an-an-32-did-a-belly-landing-because-pilots-forgot-to-lower-landing-gear-5780076&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;indianexpress.com&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;india&amp;#x2F;chandigarh&amp;#x2F;when-an-a...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Jetstar, 2012 (!) &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.digitaljournal.com&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;323319&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.digitaljournal.com&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;323319&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Once this 737 MAX stuff dies down, we&amp;#x27;ll probably stop seeing every pilot fart or hiccup reaching the front page. Pilots make mistakes, they always have and always will, we just haven&amp;#x27;t seen them reported as much. Commercial aircraft are still as safe as they ever were.</text></comment>
<story><title>Jetstar pilots forgot to lower the landing gear</title><url>https://www.airlineratings.com/news/jetstar-pilots-forgot-lower-landing-gear/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>ademarre</author><text>This story could make a good anecdote to remember when considering human factors, user interface, and checklist design.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; &lt;i&gt;Investigators said that because the pilots flew the second circuit at 1500ft, the Electronic Centralised Aircraft Monitor (ECAM)  had not reset on the second approach and it did not display a landing memo at 950ft.&lt;p&gt;“The absence of the landing memo should have prompted the flight crew to perform the items of the landing checklist as a ‘read-and-do’ checklist,” it said.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;Like the lock icon in a browser’s address bar, it is not effective to rely on the user to notice the absence of an indicator.</text></comment>