NEW DELHI: Air India has grounded two pilots who reportedly forgot to extend their Boeing 787’s landing gear while approaching to land into Hong Kong, till a very late stage of the final approach. Pilots extend landing gear when aircraft is at 2,000 feet. On this flight last month, the pilots are learnt to have got a warning from the safety systems on board that the aircraft’s landing gear was not down when the Dreamliner was about 800 feet above ground level.
Sources say that they then lowered the landing gear and carried out an unstabilised approach into Hong Kong. Fortunately, the Dreamliner landed safely.
A senior AI official said: “The flight safety department has grounded both the pilots. Both this department and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) are probing this issue. Appropriate action will be taken based on final probe report.”
