Clearly a departure. Went wheels up right after rotate. No way they'd be that lo...

robotmlg · on Jan 15, 2017

Asker found the full set of photos confirming that it's a landing: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxQOwrukppp5WTlfaEFLTVNzTnc...

niels_olson · on Jan 15, 2017

Theory vs experiment. More data always wins.

ppod · on Jan 15, 2017

The gear aren't in the process of being retracted in that photo, they have that backward tilt on landing too.

Gear are retracted once a positive rate of climb has been achieved, but not that early.

coredog64 · on Jan 15, 2017

To add to your comment, the FO watches the speed tape and VSI and calls out events to the captain (V1, V2, rotate, positive rate-gear up).

I looked around on Youtube for some good examples, and this was the best I could find:

The captain keeps a hand on the throttles until V1, and then it is several seconds after takeoff that FO retracts the gear.

utborin · on Jan 15, 2017

That gear is down. The trucks are designed to hang at an angle like that.