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Sometimes You Just Can’t Win

What: Air India Boeing 747-400 en route from Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) to Mumbai
Where: Riyadh
When: May 27th 2009
Who: 300 Passengers
Why: After takeoff, the crew could not retract the landing gear. Air Control told the crew to fly to Mumbai with the gear down.

The captain refused and returned to Riyadh for a safe landing. Then Air India grounded the captain and stopped his salary.

George’s Point of View

This captain is something of an unsung hero, but he was stuck between a rock and a hard place.

Even though the captain’s job was to ferry the plane, he refused to do so.

However, a ferry flight with gear down in night conditions is not permitted.

So he lost his job for doing the right thing.

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