JohnnyDos Posted September 4, 2011 Member ID: 77 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 111 Topic Count: 1018 Topics Per Day: 0.18 Content Count: 7527 Content Per Day: 1.31 Reputation: 9175 Achievement Points: 69486 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 47 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 8, 2020 Posted September 4, 2011 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 take-off 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 take-off 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 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, totalling it. The extent of injuries to the crew is unknown due to the news blackout in the major media in France and elsewhere. Because........ Coverage of the story was deemed insulting to Muslim Arabs. Finally, the photos are starting to leak out. One French Airbus: $200 million dollars Untrained Arab Flight Crew: $300,000 Yearly Salary Unread Operating Manual: $300 Aircraft meets retaining wall and the wall wins. PRICELESS!!! "And that's why God gave them camels "!
baldie Posted September 4, 2011 Member ID: 607 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 76 Topic Count: 246 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 3367 Content Per Day: 0.59 Reputation: 2718 Achievement Points: 34252 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 12 Joined: 10/21/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Sunday at 08:04 PM Birthday: 09/16/1966 Device: Windows Posted September 4, 2011 Ouch now thats funny Awards
HarryWeezer Posted September 4, 2011 Member ID: 20166 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 611 Topics Per Day: 0.14 Content Count: 7655 Content Per Day: 1.80 Reputation: 7232 Achievement Points: 53682 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 36 Joined: 10/04/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: Monday at 06:49 PM Birthday: 10/16/1946 Device: Windows Posted September 4, 2011 My cousin Achmed put the jihad on you Johnny... Awards
Olive Posted September 4, 2011 Member ID: 69 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 50 Topic Count: 227 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 2664 Content Per Day: 0.46 Reputation: 4132 Achievement Points: 23009 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 19 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 10 Birthday: 05/07/1965 Device: Windows Posted September 4, 2011 Yes Johnny this is true.It happened 4 years ago...And the A340.600 is not the biggest passenger plane anymore.This is the A380...Ethiad ordered some..let's hope the will read the manual this time Awards
Bosun Posted September 4, 2011 Member ID: 1445 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 14 Topic Count: 31 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 737 Content Per Day: 0.13 Reputation: 1387 Achievement Points: 5675 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 05/25/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 12 hours ago Birthday: 01/23/1963 Device: Windows Posted September 4, 2011 Well, some of the story is true...but all the bits about pulling out circuit breakers etc is crap. It was a violation of standard testing procedures, AND there was Airbus crew in the right hand seat. Google is your friend if you look up "TOULOUSE A340-600 CRASH" Awards
hxtr Posted September 4, 2011 Member ID: 220 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 147 Topic Count: 595 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 16950 Content Per Day: 2.96 Reputation: 13538 Achievement Points: 129714 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 120 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 26, 2023 Birthday: 04/05/1970 Posted September 4, 2011 Olive let's hope the will read the manual this time Maybe I will start............ not one to read a manual but to fup that bad.... best to read the damn thing. hahahaha People are so smart.. and so stupid at the same time.
GorillaXI Posted September 4, 2011 Member ID: 62 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 73 Topic Count: 480 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 4124 Content Per Day: 0.72 Reputation: 1413 Achievement Points: 27905 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 10 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 4, 2015 Birthday: 06/16/1972 Posted September 4, 2011 Bosun Google is your friend if you look up. Truly you don't believe everything you see on the internet.
NickTheGrip Posted September 4, 2011 Member ID: 177 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 16 Topic Count: 145 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 1669 Content Per Day: 0.29 Reputation: 281 Achievement Points: 10581 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 27, 2023 Birthday: 05/08/1961 Posted September 4, 2011 GorillaXI Bosun Google is your friend if you look up. Truly you don't believe everything you see on the internet. http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2007/11/21/219795/toulouse-a340-throttles-not-idled-until-2s-before-wall-collision.html Awards
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