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Distracted flying?
The pilots of a Jetstar flight had to abandon the landing just 500ft above the runway because the captain was distracted by his mobile phone and they had forgotten to lower the landing gear.
The details of the incident on the evening of May 27, 2010 came to light this week in a final report released by the Australian Transportation Safety Bureau.
The first officer was at the controls of the A321 jet, which was approaching Singapore’s Changi Airport and less than 2,500ft above the runway when text message alerts sounded on the captain’s mobile phone.
The first officer asked the captain twice to set a “missed approach altitude” into the flight control unit, but the captain did not reply and was “preoccupied with his phone”, the report said. ......................(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.terminalu.com/australia-pacific/australia/jetstar-pilots-abort-landing-after-being-distracted-by-mobile-phone/25474/