[crabman1130]

I din't run this through Snopes, but I trust the pictures.

Thought that this might interest you. This is a brand new A-340
purchased by United Arab Emirates and is still at the Airbus factory in
France.

I would not want to be the one to have to call the boss and
say that this one is going to be a little late on delivery. The text
below is what came with the message and gives the situation that
happened.

I bet these guys wish they had paid attention to the
maintenance manual. In UAE culture I wonder what

happens when an employee does something like this.

A340-600 at TULOUSE FRANCE

These are pictures of the wreck of a brand new A340-600 in November 2007,
that had never flown. (never saw (1) hour in the air).
Thank these French, and their Arab friends, for this bit of "comedy of errors".

Nine employees of the Arab airline were in the aircraft, but "no employees"
from Airbus were present.

The Arab's taxied out to the run-up area. Then they took all four engines to
takeoff power with virtually an empty aircraft. (They obvious didn't read
the run-up manuals.

No chocks were set, (not that it would have mattered at that power setting)
Brakes will not hold it back at full power anyway. As it turns out the
takeoff warning horn was blaring away in the ****pit because they had all FOUR
engines at full power.

The aircraft computers thought they were trying to takeoff but it had not
been configured properly (flaps/slats, etc, etc). Then one of these brain
surgeons decided to pull the "Ground Sense" circuit breaker to quiet the alarms.
This fools the aircraft into thinking it is in the air.

"A big,big mistake" ! As soon as they did that, the computers automaticlly
"released" all the brakes. ("this is a Safety feature so that pilots don't
land with the brakes on".)

There was No time to stop and no one smart enough thought to reduce the max
power setting.....

So the rest is as you see it below.

"Arab?s" don't you just love them................

No one is talking, so who knows if there were survivors.

 

[rydogg]

wow!!

 

[AZFISHKILLER]

Someone is in trouble. Ouch!

 

[jpd]

True pictures

Suspect story

Wrecked A340 was unchocked, with engines at high thrust: investigators
By David Kaminski-Morrow

French investigators state that the Airbus A340-600 involved in an accident at Airbus? plant in Toulouse last week was undergoing a final test of the engines and brakes when it accelerated from standstill into the test-pen wall.

No technical malfunction has been found in either the Rolls-Royce Trent 500 powerplants or the A340?s brakes.

France?s Bureau d?Enquetes et d?Analyses has released preliminary findings after downloading information from the aircraft?s flight-data and ****pit-voice recorders.

BEA says the aircraft, which was due to be delivered to Etihad Airways on 21 November was at a standstill but that the wheels were not chocked.

Initial information from the flight recorders, it says, shows that all four engines were operating at ?high power? for around three minutes.

BEA says the aircraft then began to move forward and the A340 struck the blast-wall about 13s later.

?At this stage no technical fault with the braking systems and engines has been discovered,? it adds. ?The investigation is continuing to determine the exact circumstances under which the incident occurred.?

Nine personnel from Airbus and United Arab Emirates engineering company Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies were on board the jet at the time, five of whom were hospitalised as a result of the 15 November accident.

 

[jpd]

FROM : AIRBUS FLIGHT SAFETY DEPARTMENT TOULOUSE
SUBJECT: A340-600 - MSN 856 - ACCIDENT IN PRODUCTION OUR REF.: F-WWCJ AIT 2 DATED 20th OF NOVEMBER 2007 PREVIOUS REF: F-WWCJ AIT 1 DATED 16th OF NOVEMBER 2007

THIS AIT IS AN UPDATE OF PREVIOUS AIT N°1 CONCERNING THE A340-600 PRODUCTION AIRCRAFT MSN 856 INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT IN AIRBUS PRODUCTION FACILITIES IN TOULOUSE ON THE 15TH NOVEMBER 2007 AT 17:00 LOCAL TIME.

THE FOLLOWING IS THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS ACCORDING TO THE RECORDERS, WHICH HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR RELEASE BY THE FRENCH INVESTIGATION AUTHORITIES (BEA).

FOR ABOUT 3 MINUTES BEFORE THE END OF THE EVENT, ALL FOUR ENGINES EPR WAS BETWEEN 1.24 AND 1.26 WITH PARKING BRAKE ON AND WITHOUT GROUND CHOCKS.
THE ALTERNATE BRAKE PRESSURE WAS NORMAL. (WITH PARKING BRAKE ON, BRAKE PRESSURE IS SUPPLIED BY ALTERNATE).

13 SECONDS BEFORE THE IMPACT THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO MOVE. WITHIN 1 OR 2 SECONDS THE CREW APPLIED BRAKE PEDAL INPUTS AND SELECTED PARKING BRAKE OFF. THESE ACTIONS LED THE NORMAL BRAKE PRESSURE TO INCREASE TO ITS NORMAL VALUE.

2 SECONDS PRIOR BEFORE THE IMPACT, ALL 4 ENGINE THRUST LEVERS WERE SELECTED TO IDLE.
THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE CONTAINMENT WALL AT A GROUND SPEED OF 30 KTS.

THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY AIRCRAFT SYSTEM OR ENGINE MALFUNCTION.
AIRBUS REMINDS ALL OPERATORS TO STRICTLY ADHERE TO AMM PROCEDURES WHEN PERFORMING ENGINE GROUND RUNS
ENGINE GROUND RUNS AT HIGH POWER ARE NORMALLY CONDUCTED ON A SINGLE ENGINE WITH THE ENGINE IN THE SAME POSITION ON THE OPPOSITE WING OPERATED AT A LIMITED THRUST SETTING TO AVOID DAMAGE TO THE AIFRAME
WHEEL CHOCKS ARE TO BE INSTALLED THROUGHOUT THE TEST.

YANNICK MALINGE
VICE PRESIDENT FLIGHT SAFETY
AIRBUS

 

[crabman1130]

That backs up the original story.

 

[jpd]

crabman1130 wrote:
That backs up the original story.

Original story says no Airbus employees were present, there were 2 on board.

 

[crabman1130]

jpd wrote:
crabman1130 wrote:
That backs up the original story.

Original story says no Airbus employees were present, there were 2 on board.
Well excuuuuuuse me!!!!!!!

 

[fish4me]

The will just use more of our petro dollars to buy another one.

 

[jpd]

Then one of these brain surgeons decided to pull the "Ground Sense" circuit breaker to quiet the alarms. This fools the aircraft into thinking it is in the air.

"A big,big mistake" ! As soon as they did that, the computers automaticlly "released" all the brakes. ("this is a Safety feature so that pilots don't land with the brakes on".)

Please, the anti-lock brakes in cars were developed in the Concorde, but this brand new plane has a system to totally disable the brakes instead of simply having anti-lock brakes permanently on?

 

[MakoMike]

jpd wrote:
Then one of these brain surgeons decided to pull the "Ground Sense" circuit breaker to quiet the alarms. This fools the aircraft into thinking it is in the air.

"A big,big mistake" ! As soon as they did that, the computers automaticlly "released" all the brakes. ("this is a Safety feature so that pilots don't land with the brakes on".)

Please, the anti-lock brakes in cars were developed in the Concorde, but this brand new plane has a system to totally disable the brakes instead of simply having anti-lock brakes permanently on?

well it is a French plane

 

[gverb1219]

jpd wrote:
Then one of these brain surgeons decided to pull the "Ground Sense" circuit breaker to quiet the alarms. This fools the aircraft into thinking it is in the air.

"A big,big mistake" ! As soon as they did that, the computers automaticlly "released" all the brakes. ("this is a Safety feature so that pilots don't land with the brakes on".)

Please, the anti-lock brakes in cars were developed in the Concorde, but this brand new plane has a system to totally disable the brakes instead of simply having anti-lock brakes permanently on?

Just like any other story that circulates long enough Give it a little time and soon the story will have it that someone was trying to hijack the plane but the pilot was hit in the head with a purse by a little old lady who was fed up with terrorists and took matters into her own hands..............

 

[MakoMike]

gverb1219 wrote:
jpd wrote:
Then one of these brain surgeons decided to pull the "Ground Sense" circuit breaker to quiet the alarms. This fools the aircraft into thinking it is in the air.

"A big,big mistake" ! As soon as they did that, the computers automaticlly "released" all the brakes. ("this is a Safety feature so that pilots don't land with the brakes on".)

Please, the anti-lock brakes in cars were developed in the Concorde, but this brand new plane has a system to totally disable the brakes instead of simply having anti-lock brakes permanently on?

That's a better explanation, but the plane couldn't get off the ground. Must have been a mentally challanged hijacker.

Just like any other story that circulates long enough Give it a little time and soon the story will have it that someone was trying to hijack the plane but the pilot was hit in the head with a purse by a little old lady who was fed up with terrorists and took matters into her own hands..............

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This post edited by MakoMike 06:20 PM 03/27/2008

 

[Gaucho]

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