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 dont know the reason why it was done. At the moment it seems that it wasnt 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.
The 717 has also had no fatal crashes.
http://www.airsafe.com/events/models/b717.htm
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Yep. I worked in an auto parts plant for a while that spent a fortune air shipping parts to meet orders because whenever a small group of workers decided they wanted overtime pay, they'd start breaking things so they get their overtime.
It was only a few who appeared to be directly involved, the rest merely covered for them. Gave me a very low opinion of that union.
yes, but I'm sure Airbust will do all it can to make it appear that it was done by an external party, not internal party.
Basically, they will try to pin the blame on the American government or Boeing claiming industrial sabotage, while quietly, they will investigate which Airbust workers were involved.
Single-layer tinfoil hat here.........
I think maybe Airbus is having significant problems with their wiring harness installers and there is some feuding going on between workers and management.
McDonnell Douglas built the MD-80 and had more than their share of accidents (search Alaska Air).
When Boeing merged with McD they renamed the plane 717. It still didn't sell so they completed the few planes still on order and closed the plant in CA.
With so few actual 717's out there, I expect them to remain fatality-free. By that measure, the Dash-80 has a 100% success rate (they built ONE, it still exists) and the XB-70 has a 100% failure rate (they built two; one crashed and the other burned on the ground).
The second XB-70 sits in the Air Force museum in Dayton Ohio. Only one crashed
It's really a great museum, inside and out.
Severed cables. Not a really good sign at all.
Not in France.
No one watched TV in the 70's on base?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkI3yja3Mkk&search=montypython
Perish Forbid
Some guy muttering "ya sure, you betcha" was seen slipping away from the scene ...
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