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.
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So, what is next?
that looks like it will require a little more than rubbing compound
“Don’t worry, we’ll take it over to the body shop and they can buff it out.”
nothing some bondo can’t fix, amirite?
It’s a pity— that’s one of the prettiest birds in the sky.
Oh, some wall paper, new curtains and a few throw pillows and it will right as rain!
I betcha an F-150 coulda stopped it :-)
Or could have been.
I think it's lying on the ground on the other side of the wall.
Yes, but a picture post within 10 seconds of a text post counts as a tie.
I’d call it a mercy killing. The Airbust 340 is a gus sucking POS of that should of been retired decades ago.
A lot of those scratches will buff right out.
Dang, y’all beat me!
Tiger hair bondo.
I think it’s lying on the ground on the other side of the wall.
If that is true, is the whole aircraft written off?
It does sound like a set-up to one of those idiotic Toyota Tundra commercials, with the tilting ramps or swinging beams or something.
They gotta a pill for that, now...
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