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That sounds like really bad engineering or simply bullshit. The combined information of geolocation + altitude + motion/IMU sensors should not allow that to be possible.
Sure, but who knows what shenanigans the techs and pilot were trying to convince the machine to drop the landing gear.
Under normal operations, I'd agree, but I'll bet they were putting something in a maintenance state while it was in the air, and at that point all bets are off.
Thats fair yeah.
Billions of dollars out the window with this jet. Every contractor should be held accountable for their faulty equipment the American people pay for. The F-35 development cost alone could have ended homelessness in America. But we spent all that money on a jet that isn't combat worthy?!
And one more thing. If you don't hold defense contractors accountable, they have zero interest in providing an effective machine or service.