The landing gear was up because the crew left it up. This may have been on purpose to reduce drag (the flaps were also not extended). This can be done when the plane has lost both engines and needs to glide.
Landing gear have many failsafes, the last of which is to literally let them just drop by gravity. If the landing gear were the malfunction, the plane would’ve spent more time circling.
Well, I meant to be a little funny, but I should’ve remembered that the internet will always hurry to dish out a douchebag label rather than thinking someone had harmless intentions/giving benefits to doubt.
Does it matter in this instance?
Not as far as impacting walls go, but a working landing gear probably would have been beneficial in getting the plane stopped before hitting the wall.
Disclaimer: I haven’t read up on this and don’t know if the landing gear wasn’t extracted due to malfunction or some other reason.
The landing gear was up because the crew left it up. This may have been on purpose to reduce drag (the flaps were also not extended). This can be done when the plane has lost both engines and needs to glide.
Landing gear have many failsafes, the last of which is to literally let them just drop by gravity. If the landing gear were the malfunction, the plane would’ve spent more time circling.
It’s a 15 year old plane. It had nothing to do with manufacturing.
It had several years of life left
Wow you sound smart.
Well, I meant to be a little funny, but I should’ve remembered that the internet will always hurry to dish out a douchebag label rather than thinking someone had harmless intentions/giving benefits to doubt.