SCAREBUS
Posted on 06/12/2006 5:04:44 PM PDT by Yo-Yo
Foul play suspected after cables found severed on Airbus A380 on Toulouse assembly line
By Victoria Moores in London
Airbus has begun an investigation into a suspected security breach after three cables of a final assembly line Airbus A380 were found severed.
The damage was discovered during the day-to-night shift changeover last Thursday (8 June). Although police attended the scene, Airbus has not lodged an official complaint.
Airbus says: “Three cables were cut or severed in one section. It is being investigated and our surveillance is being checked out [for weak coverage]. This shows that we have very good checks and that things get picked up straight away.
“We don’t know the reason why it was done. At the moment it seems that it wasn’t an accident.”
Airbus is unable to identify which section of the A380 was affected and declines to give the exact identity of the aircraft, but adds that the damage “is not too great”.
The police were summoned and an internal investigation is underway but, despite suspicions of “vandalism”, Airbus has not filed charges.
“It is an internal investigation, not external. Airbus has not made an official complaint. It is just doing it internally at the moment. It is early days. We are looking at the surveillance [material] that we have.”
Although closed-circuit television cameras are fitted within the building, Airbus says it is not aware of any surveillance within the vicinity of the incident. He adds that the building is “fairly secure” as it is pass-protected and specific permissions are required to access the area.
Toulouse is too loose. They need to "tighten up".
Kinda makes me feel "fairly secure" about flying on one of their planes.
No Time TOLOUSE!
You nailed it - labor issues. This kind of stuff is as common as dirt with union goons. I used to work for a huge American company that shall remain unnamed, and I saw first hand what kind of damage union sabotage causes over the most trivial matters.
Problems are likely when a country like France imports its labor from the Mid East to fulfill its contracts with trusting customers.
If they find who did it, hang them in the hanger for the attempted murder of hundreds of people.
Brought to you by the same folk who sever heads?
ping.
Last time I flew on an AirBus, I spent the entire flight wondering if the tail would come off before the computer crashed...
I'm betting (hoping) that this is the result of a "mechanical severring" in the assembly process.
If it's not George Bush, it's probably some disaffected "youts" with legitimate grievances against the oppressive French labor laws of trying to make them work more than 35 hours a week.
I doubt if it would be any Muslim or Islamofascist sabotage because we all know that they're really fine, upstanding people. Perhaps it was Danish cartoonists.
Then again, it could have been the notorious Swedish Senior Womens Lawn Bowling Team. We all know what fascist, racist bitches they are.
Cudda been Cheney or Rumsfeld.
Absolutely no sarcasm alert needed here.
foul play??? well then, i guess the customers will be glad to see that wasn't in the origional plans then won't they???
Every type of airplane ever flown has crashed. When one of these babies goes down they're going to be picking up teeth and eyeballs for a week.
Didn't China lose an aircraft recently and scream 'foul play'?
Is this gonna become a trend?
Must be Boeing secret agents at it again.
"I spent the entire flight wondering if the tail would come off before the computer crashed..."
I don't think you have to worry as long as the pilot has the good sense not to go and use the rudder.....
No Boeing 777 has ever suffered a hull loss. No crashes in 10+ years of service.
you may have just debugged their blue screen of death issue...
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