B-1 crashes when pilots forget to deploy landing gear
Task-saturated U.S. Air Force pilots forgot to put down the landing gear at a forward operating base and crashed their B-1, causing $7.9 million in damage to the aircraft, $14,000 in damage to the runway and a minor back injury to the co-pilot, an Air Force investigation report says. The B-1s are...
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