Pilots forget important landing step

Published: 12:29PM Wednesday November 04, 2009 Source: ONE News

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Two Qantas pilots have been stood down after a Boeing 767 came close to landing without the wheels being lowered.

The flight from Melbourne to Sydney came within 700ft off the ground before the crew realised they had not lowered the plane's undercarriage.

According to ABC News Qantas says the flight crew received a cockpit alert after what the airline has described as a "brief communications breakdown".

Qantas says the flight crew responded quickly to the problem and started "a go around" before landing safely.

Qantas are carrying out investigations and the incident has been reported to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau.

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