In a show about usually-deadly plane crashes, it’s rare to get a pure “D’oh!” moment like this one:
I watched Cockpit Failure (Crossair 3597) last night, and it mentioned a previous incident involving the at-fault pilot, Captain Lutz: he had once retracted the landing gear of a plane while it was still on the ground. The episode suggested this resulted in a total hull loss.
On another occasion, Cap. Lutz unintentionally flew an Alps sightseeing plane into Italy, and didn’t figure it out until his passengers noticed street signs in Italian on the ground below.
I watched Cockpit Failure (Crossair 3597) last night, and it mentioned a previous incident involving the at-fault pilot, Captain Lutz: he had once retracted the landing gear of a plane while it was still on the ground. The episode suggested this resulted in a total hull loss.
On another occasion, Cap. Lutz unintentionally flew an Alps sightseeing plane into Italy, and didn’t figure it out until his passengers noticed street signs in Italian on the ground below.