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Foul play suspected after cables found severed on Airbus A380 on Toulouse assembly line
Flight Global ^ | 12 June 06 | Victoria Moores

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.


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: a380; airbus; airbust; allahuakhbar
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To: antiRepublicrat; Dumpster Baby

The 717 has also had no fatal crashes.

http://www.airsafe.com/events/models/b717.htm


41 posted on 06/13/2006 10:19:58 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (Bipartisanship is when the Stupid Party and the Evil Party agree to do something that is both stupid)
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To: freedumb2003

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42 posted on 06/13/2006 12:15:42 PM PDT by FreeManWhoCan (---an American in Maimi..............)
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To: Yo-Yo
undocumented workers, doing jobs the French won't do
43 posted on 06/13/2006 12:21:19 PM PDT by thinking
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To: Dumpster Baby
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.

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.

44 posted on 06/13/2006 12:45:04 PM PDT by untrained skeptic
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To: freedumb2003
Neither has the A330.

http://www.airsafe.com/events/models/a330.htm

45 posted on 06/13/2006 12:52:57 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)
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To: Yo-Yo

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.


46 posted on 06/13/2006 12:57:09 PM PDT 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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To: Proud_USA_Republican; Yo-Yo; Paleo Conservative; namsman
Think that maybe the "wiring bundle sabotage" might actually be cover for a problem with the design that results in cut wires???

Single-layer tinfoil hat here.........

47 posted on 06/13/2006 2:12:57 PM PDT by SW6906 (5 things you can't have too much of: sex, money, firewood, guns and ammunition.)
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To: Proud_USA_Republican
Have you seen this?

I think maybe Airbus is having significant problems with their wiring harness installers and there is some feuding going on between workers and management.

48 posted on 06/13/2006 2:24:59 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)
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To: freedumb2003
No fair renaming a plane and then claiming it's accident-free!

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).

49 posted on 06/13/2006 3:46:46 PM PDT by ZOOKER ( <== I'm with Stupid...)
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To: ZOOKER
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

50 posted on 06/13/2006 4:19:15 PM PDT by Rooivalk
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To: Rooivalk

It's really a great museum, inside and out.


51 posted on 06/13/2006 4:28:13 PM PDT by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: Paleo Conservative

Severed cables. Not a really good sign at all.


52 posted on 06/13/2006 4:29:03 PM PDT by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: tophat9000

Not in France.


53 posted on 06/13/2006 4:31:59 PM PDT by Philistone (Turning lead into gold...)
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To: dfwgator

No one watched TV in the 70's on base?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkI3yja3Mkk&search=montypython


54 posted on 06/13/2006 7:58:05 PM PDT by spanalot
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To: KneelBeforeZod

Perish Forbid


55 posted on 06/13/2006 7:59:59 PM PDT by spanalot
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To: Paleo Conservative

Some guy muttering "ya sure, you betcha" was seen slipping away from the scene ...


56 posted on 06/20/2006 5:42:31 PM PDT by GOP_1900AD (Stomping on "PC," destroying the Left, and smoking out faux "conservatives" - Take Back The GOP!)
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