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Airbus $200 million aircraft meets retaining wall and the wall wins....

 
THE TALE OF THE ARAB FLIGHT CREW
Written by To The Point News
May 2008
 
The brand spanking new Airbus 340-600, the largest passenger airplane ever built,
sat in its hangar in Toulouse, France without a single hour of airtime.
 
Enter the Arab flight crew of Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies (ADAT) to conduct pre-delivery tests
on the ground,such as engine runups, prior to delivery to Etihad Airways in Abu Dhabi.
The ADAT crew taxied the A340-600 to the run-up area. Then they took all four engines to takeoff 
power with a virtually empty aircraft. Not having read the run-up manuals, they had no clue just how
light an empty A340-600 really is. The takeoff warning horn was blaring away in the cockpit because
they had all 4 engines at full power. The aircraft computers thought they were trying to takeoff but it had
not been configured properly (flaps/slats, etc.) Then one of the ADAT crew decided to pull the circuit breaker
 on the Ground Proximity Sensor to silence the alarm. This fools the aircraft into thinking it is in the air.
The computers automatically released all the brakes and set the aircraft rocketing forward. The ADAT 
crew had no idea that this is a safetyfeature so that pilots can't land with the brakes on.
Not one member of the seven-man Arab crew was smart enough to throttle back the engines from
their max power setting, so the $200 million brand-new aircraft crashed into a blast barrier, totaling it.
The extent of injuries to the crew is unknown, for there has been a news black out in the major
 media in France and elsewhere. Coverage of the story was deemed insulting to Moslem Arabs.  
The photos are starting to leak out.


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Hmm, sounds like a problem with running checklists. Man, did they hammer that into our heads in the AF, maintenance and aircrew procedures.

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...and the beat goes on!

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Gorgeous Air wouldn't have made that mistake. The blast wall is supposed to be behind the aircraft!

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Troll wrote: 
THE TALE OF THE ARAB FLIGHT CREW
Written by To The Point News
May 2008
 
The brand spanking new Airbus 340-600, the largest passenger airplane ever built,
sat in its hangar in Toulouse, France without a single hour of airtime.
 
Enter the Arab flight crew of Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies (ADAT) to conduct pre-delivery tests
on the ground,such as engine runups, prior to delivery to Etihad Airways in Abu Dhabi.
The ADAT crew taxied the A340-600 to the run-up area. Then they took all four engines to takeoff 
power with a virtually empty aircraft. Not having read the run-up manuals, they had no clue just how
light an empty A340-600 really is. The takeoff warning horn was blaring away in the cockpit because
they had all 4 engines at full power. The aircraft computers thought they were trying to takeoff but it had
not been configured properly (flaps/slats, etc.) Then one of the ADAT crew decided to pull the circuit breaker
 on the Ground Proximity Sensor to silence the alarm. This fools the aircraft into thinking it is in the air.
The computers automatically released all the brakes and set the aircraft rocketing forward. The ADAT 
crew had no idea that this is a safetyfeature so that pilots can't land with the brakes on.
Not one member of the seven-man Arab crew was smart enough to throttle back the engines from
their max power setting, so the $200 million brand-new aircraft crashed into a blast barrier, totaling it.
The extent of injuries to the crew is unknown, for there has been a news black out in the major
 media in France and elsewhere. Coverage of the story was deemed insulting to Moslem Arabs.  
The photos are starting to leak out.


*sigh* I could tell by the way this was written that it was all crap.  Its filled with so much BS its not even funny.  The plane was still registered in France with French registration and was being operated by Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies which I guess is a firm contracted by Ethiad to test the plane before they take delivery of it.

http://airlineworld.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/etihad-airbus-slams-into-wall-while-engine-testing/

Etihad Airways said none of its staff were involved when the A340-600 crashed into a barrier at Toulouse airport, injuring five people on board.

A spokesman for the airline said those hurt belonged to a firm contracted to test the plane before delivery.

jamal May 30, 2008 at 6:13 pm

i was in toulouse doing my A320 when that happined..
frank my friend ur full of it dear..

talking about Arabs and stuff tell u what my friend
non of what u said above is true ..it was a test very similar to what u have said and it was done by an Indian captain and 2 other French pilots and an Arab engineer and one British pilot..





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What do you expect?......I got it from a pilot.......

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Pilot, geez.

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Pretty plane, I think it looks alot better in the air.

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Win November 24, 2007 at 3:20 am

Its French. It just surrendered. You know the difference between an Airbus and a chainsaw? About 600 trees a minute (remember??). Do you know what you call an Airbus pilot? Lumberjack. You know how you tell a French soldier at the beach? Sunburned armpits.



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Freddie Krueger wrote:

Pilot, geez.



I don't think he is qualified on the Chemical Coast Secondary though.....



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Calvin wrote:

Win November 24, 2007 at 3:20 am

Its French. It just surrendered. You know the difference between an Airbus and a chainsaw? About 600 trees a minute (remember??). Do you know what you call an Airbus pilot? Lumberjack. You know how you tell a French soldier at the beach? Sunburned armpits.





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Oh no, my SMART car was made in France.

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Freddie Krueger wrote:

Oh no, my SMART car was made in France.



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I didn't know I could park it like that!

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