[BITList] Air bus 340-600 & Arab crew

[David Harvey]

Worth checking on Snopes, Ron.

Dave


On 3 August 2011 04:41, Ronald Thomas <thomas.ronald at wanadoo.fr> wrote:

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> *OOPS !
> This brand spanking new Airbus 340-600, the largest passenger airplane ever
> built, sits just outside its hangar inToulouse, France without a single hour
> of airtime.
>
> Enter the Arab flight crew of Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies (ADAT) to
> conduct pre-delivery tests on the ground, such as engine run-ups, prior to
> delivery to Etihad Airways in Abu Dhabi .
>
> The ADAT crew taxied the A340-600 to the run-up area.
>
> Then they took all four engines to takeoff power with a virtually empty
> aircraft. Not having read the run-up manuals, they had no clue just how
> light an empty A340-600 really is.
>
>
>
> The takeoff warning horn was blaring away in the cockpit because they had
> All 4 engines at full power. The aircraft computers thought they were trying
> to take off, but it had not been configured properly (flaps/slats, etc.)
>
> Then one of the ADAT crew decided to pull the circuit breaker on the Ground
> Proximity Sensor to silence the alarm. This fools the aircraft into thinking
> it is in the air. The computers automatically released all the brakes and
> set the aircraft rocketing forward.
>
> The ADAT crew had no idea that this is a safety feature so that pilots
> can't land with the brakes on.
>
> Not one member of the seven-man Arab crew was smart enough to throttle back
> the engines from their max power setting, so the $200 million brand-new
> aircraft crashed into a blast barrier, totaling it.
>
>
>
> The extent of injuries to the crew is unknown due to the news blackout in
> the major media in France and elsewhere. Because........
>
> Coverage of the story was deemed insulting to Muslim Arabs.
>
>
> Finally, the photos are starting to leak out.
>
> .
>
>
>
> One French Airbus: $200 million dollars
> Untrained Arab Flight Crew: $300,000 Yearly Salary
> Unread Operating Manual: $300
> Aircraft meets retaining wall and the wall wins.
>
> PRICELESS!!!
>
> "And that's why God gave them camels"!
>
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