Posted on 11/16/2007 4:52:38 AM PST by DeaconBenjamin
A crash during the testing of a new Airbus jet has left 10 people injured, three seriously, in the French city of Toulouse. French investigators are looking into the cause of the accident.
The Airbus A340-600 destined for delivery to Etihad Airlines failed to pass its last tests on Nov. 15 at the Toulouse-Blagnac airport.
Ten people were injured on Thursday afternoon, when an Airbus 340-600 crashed through a barrier and rammed into a wall during tests of the plane at the Toulouse-Blagnac airport in France.
French government officials reported that the nine people on board and one person on the ground were injured -- three seriously -- but that no lives are at risk.
The plane was undergoing its last set of tests before being delivered to Etihad Airlines, and seven of the passengers on board were employees of the Abu Dhabi-based carrier.
The accident happened when the airplane's four engines were throttled up and the brakes applied. Airbus Chief Operating Officer Fabrice Bregier said that the plane lurched into the barrier and wall "for reasons still unknown."
France's environment and transportation minister, Jean-Louis Borloo, "immediately requested" a technical investigation into the causes of the accident, which took place near Airbus headquarters.
(Excerpt) Read more at spiegel.de ...
If they were testing the brakes aginst full power, it would be prudent to point the aircraft at an empty area, not a building.
Maybe next time they do a brake test, they'll point the bird down the runway.
.."I'm calling for back up"
.."no no don't back up
.."le %&*$@*
Beat you by eight seconds. ;-)
Oh sure, NOW ya tell ‘em!
If I were Itihad Airlines, I think I would take a pass on accepting that one.
A bigger snapshot showing the damage.
“The accident happened when the airplane’s four engines were throttled up and the brakes applied. Airbus Chief Operating Officer Fabrice Bregier said that the plane lurched into the barrier and wall “for reasons still unknown.”
hmmmm I COULD be wrong but its my guess that the engines produced more GO than the brakes produced STOP. Just a guess though.
Ouch! Lucky no one was killed.
They are probably fortunate they weren’t pointed at a passenger terminal or jetway full of other planes.
Scratch and dent sale?
LOL
Don’t you know? That’s how the Arabs like their planes to look.
D’oh!!!
Are we sure this plane wasn’t a delivery for Al Qaeda and having a building impact test?
The 5 M.P.H front impact test was a complete success. The air bag deployed perfectly. The plane is now certified air worthy.
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