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1 posted on 11/16/2007 4:52:39 AM PST by DeaconBenjamin
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To: DeaconBenjamin

If they were testing the brakes aginst full power, it would be prudent to point the aircraft at an empty area, not a building.


2 posted on 11/16/2007 4:57:00 AM PST by CPOSharky (Energy plan: Build refineries and nuke plants, drill for our oil, mine our coal.)
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To: DeaconBenjamin

Maybe next time they do a brake test, they'll point the bird down the runway.

3 posted on 11/16/2007 4:57:08 AM PST by Leisler (RNC, RINO National Committee. Always was, always will be.)
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Perhaps it has the same problem that SUVs have here. Independent behavior unrelated to the intent of the driver?
4 posted on 11/16/2007 4:58:04 AM PST by mother22wife21
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Investigations will begin...


6 posted on 11/16/2007 5:01:09 AM PST by Leisler (RNC, RINO National Committee. Always was, always will be.)
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To: DeaconBenjamin

.."I'm calling for back up"

.."no no don't back up

.."le %&*$@*

7 posted on 11/16/2007 5:02:19 AM PST by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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If I were Itihad Airlines, I think I would take a pass on accepting that one.


10 posted on 11/16/2007 5:13:38 AM PST by 2111USMC
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To: DeaconBenjamin

A bigger snapshot showing the damage.

11 posted on 11/16/2007 5:43:59 AM PST by Zakeet (Be thankful we don't get all the government we pay for)
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“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.


12 posted on 11/16/2007 5:54:04 AM PST by driftdiver
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To: DeaconBenjamin

Airbust?


23 posted on 11/16/2007 6:44:40 AM PST by RightOnline
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Terrorism not suspected...


29 posted on 11/16/2007 7:29:51 AM PST by null and void (No more Bushes/No more Clintons)
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To: onedoug

ping


30 posted on 11/16/2007 9:36:17 AM PST by windcliff
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To: DeaconBenjamin
the airplane's four engines were throttled up and the brakes applied

The manual said apply the brakes then throttle up.

31 posted on 11/16/2007 9:41:26 AM PST by RightWhale (anti-razors are pro-life)
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Bring on the Bondo, about a 55 gallon drum’s worth...


38 posted on 11/16/2007 4:46:06 PM PST by Brofholdonow
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It’s a pity— that’s one of the prettiest birds in the sky.


45 posted on 11/17/2007 1:02:34 PM PST by RightOnTheLeftCoast ([Fred Thompson/Clarence Thomas 2008!])
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I’d call it a mercy killing. The Airbust 340 is a gus sucking POS of that should of been retired decades ago.


51 posted on 11/17/2007 6:30:21 PM PST by Proud_USA_Republican (We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
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