A brand-new A340 doing full-throttle tests slipped it's brakes and/or jumped it's chocks, climbed a blast shield, dropped and broke the cockpit off.
A couple people hurt, probably at least a couple people looking for new jobs.
Apparently not the first time, happened in Vancouver once. Apparently with flaps up, the computer thought that with full forward thrust, it was insane to have brakes applied - perhaps a condtition brought about by some breaker that had to be turned off just to carry out the thrust test.....
Jim Stewart wrote:
Damn - two pages stuck together and a series of check list items were missing. :-)
Martin
Mart> Apparently not the first time, happened in Vancouver once.
probably not. they don't have jobs in europe.
doesnt it worry anyone that the fuselage disintegrated as much as it did?
Stealth Pilot
It's a BIG airplane.
It can't be built as tought as you'd want because of eight issues.
Keep that in mind when traveling!
It can't be built as _tough_ as you'd want because of _weight_ issues.
Man, I gotta have coffee before hitting the et this early...
Stealth Pilot wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:
It seems to have held up pretty well. I'm more concerned by the original poster's assertion that those who were injured and those who are job- hunting as a result of the incident are somehow romantically inclined. I can't for the life of me figure out how he derived that from the information provided to date.
GB
Well, do we know how fast it was going at impact, and whether the engines were still at full power at that point?
It was hardly designed for nose impacts with solid and immovable objects. I think that incident would have made a mess of any airliner.
Sylvia.
On Nov 21, 6:14 am, Stealth Pilot wrote: ...
Why? That type of accident will break a steel ship in half.
RCM only
On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 22:50:32 +1100, with neither quill nor qualm, Sylvia Else quickly quoth:
It looks to have hit the barrier head on, jumped up, and dropped its head over the sharp point. I think any airframe would have been battered by that maneuver. You'd think they'd tie the rear landing gear to prevent such incidents, wouldn't you? Well, I'll bet they do so from now on.
???
And I can't for the life of me figure out how *you* derived that from the original post (quoted in its entirety above). What on earth are you talking about?
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He's poking fun at the OP's laziness in saying "A couple people ...". "a couple" is 2 people romantically involved. "a couple *of* people" is multiple people.
I know, picky, picky, and also a stretch, but this is Usenet.
Bob
Which eight issues? ;-)
Some duct tape, a little Bondo...pop rivets....no problem
Gunner
It'll buff right out...
Getting rammed amidsips by a much larger vessel,,
However the Collision of the Stockholm and Andrea Doria 50 years ago pretty much made the Stockholm's Bow disappear. The Doria is still sitting off Nantucked Island in about 100 meters of water....
cavelamb himself wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@corp.supernews.com:
It's an aircraft actually. Boeing make airplanes, Airbus makes aircraft.
GB
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snipped-for-privacy@milmac.com (Doug Miller) wrote in news:4sW0j.358$ snipped-for-privacy@nlpi069.nbdc.sbc.com:
A "couple people hurt" and a "couple people injured". Strikes me as a bit odd, fraternisation between the employees tends to be discouraged in many large modern organisations.
GB
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Rich Grise wrote in news:hMZ0j.280$Xg.135@trnddc06:
I think that it's pretty clear that the original poster's first language isn't english. He appears to be speaking some sort of American-derived bastardisation of English.
GB, must learn not to waste my time with subtle humour in the presence of Americans!
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