Tale of the Arab Flight Crew

[Blackhole]

THE TALE OF THE ARAB FLIGHT CREW
Written by to the Point News
Friday, 16 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 date was November 15, 2007.

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 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 $80 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 blackout in the major media in France and elsewhere. Coverage of the story was deemed insulting to Moslem Arabs. Finally, the photos are starting to leak out.

[Bung]

Crew must be toast? Great story! But how could they have a media blackout on it? It is a very newsworthy incident regardless of the crews nationality

[raycarey]

Written by to the Point News

to the point news?
why no link?


FYI this story was reported in the IHT and der spiegel.

anyway....

Not one member of the seven-man Arab crew was smart enough

Coverage of the story was deemed insulting to Moslem Arabs.

why not just be honest and say this is a thread about bashing muslims. why pussy foot around?

Finally, the photos are starting to leak out.

the photos 'started to leak out' the day after it happened.

Airbus Crash in France: Ten Injured in Ground Test - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News


weak.

[Thai Pom]

Old news. It was all over the press when it happened.

[BobbyTits]

Dirty Focking Arabs.

[stroller]

Written by to the Point News

to the point news?
why no link?

"Blackhole" might be blackgang's twin brother, that's why.

[blackgang]

Dirty Focking Arabs.

Ain't that the truth, never had them problems when a camel was reved to the max and the brakes released..

Have you ever noticed that sTrollie is basd about giving them Arabs head when ever anyone talks bad about em?

[MeMock]

ahem...

https://teakdoor.com/the-teakdoor-lou...re-taking.html (New plane written off before taking off!)

[raycarey]

Finally, the photos are starting to leak out.

yeah, finally.

[stroller]

Ain't that the truth, never had them problems when a camel was reved to the max and the brakes released..

I don't blame you for your illiteracy and general lack of education, but let me clarify that camels are animals and don't operate the same way as that bike of yours.

They are quite a bit larger than them donkeys you used to 'ride' back in rednecksville and not as tame. Careful they might kick you in the bollocks if you ever try to 'mount' one.

[The Gentleman Scamp]

The brand spanking new Airbus 340-600, the largest passenger airplane ever built

Codswallop! The A380 is the largest passenger plane ever built... The one in the photo is an avarage plane.