Etihad Aircraft accident..

[Psyber]

The official announcement:
http://airlineworld.wordpress.com/2007/ ... e-testing/

And a description emailed to me from another source:

This brand spanking new Airbus 340-600, the largest
passenger airplane ever built, sits just outside 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 run-ups 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 four engines at full power.
The aircraft computers thought they were trying to take off,
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 safety feature
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 due to the
news blackout in the major media in France and elsewhere.

Coverage of the story was deemed insulting to Muslim Arabs.

Finally, the photos are starting to leak out.
Airbus $200 million aircraft meets retaining wall and the wall wins
As was stated before......"that's why God gave them camels"!

[leftlegger]

some good pics and discussion here:- http://airlineworld.wordpress.com/2007/ ... -pictures/

[Lightning McQueen]

Was it one of your planes Sibe?

[silicone skyline]

Muslim's crashing aircraft, what's new?

[Johno6]

Muslim's crashing aircraft, what's new?

"Oh no you Di - Int!"

[dedja]

LOL, they should have done a runner and reported it stolen ...

[JAS]

Very well worded article...if you're a member of Combat 18

I'd like to know why Airbus would let untrained personel attempt to run tests in the first place. If anything the blame lies squarely on their shoulders.

Etihad is currently top of my list of potential airlines to fly to Oz with...not only recommended to me by an Aussie travel agent but they let you take your falcons into the cabin with you as hand luggage

Regards
JAS

[Dog_ger]

BOTTOM LINE.

TRAJIC

[Strawb]

they had ann accident here in Melbourne also sounds like to me they should stick to rugs

[JAS]

Every airline and aerospace company has accidents and incidents...even your precious Quantas is not immune to that.

Regards
JAS

[Strawb]

We all know Queer And Nasty Try Another Airline has accidents all airlines do. But from reports here in Australia and from ex emirates had the big one here in melbourne i was trying a lil humour

[Squawk]

And Air France flight 447?
Here's one person's analysis

http://www.weathergraphics.com/tim/af447/

[Psyber]

Was it one of your planes Sibe?

No, my only aircraft interest is owning a little bit of QANTAS.
I could be interested in a Glider though, having piloted one once - I'll check it out later..

[JAS]

This gives a slightly different description of the airbus accident...incidentally this accident was in Nov 2007 why bring it up now???

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/20 ... t-pen.html

Regards
JAS

[Psyber]

This gives a slightly different description of the airbus accident...incidentally this accident was in Nov 2007 why bring it up now???
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/20 ... t-pen.html
Regards
JAS

I assume the jokey description of the events that I quoted is currently circulating here, and it was sent to me only the day I posted it.
I hadn't realised at the time how long ago the actual incident occurred..