MightyQuin
06-17-2009, 03:43 PM
In case you haven't heard
This brand spanking newAirbus340-600, the largest
passenger airplane ever built, sits just outside its hangar
in Toulouse , France , without a single hour of airtime.
http://www.madmacs.tv/Plane/image001.jpg
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 toEtihad Airwaysin Abu Dhabi .
The ADAT crew taxied the A340-600 to the run-up area.
http://www.madmacs.tv/Plane/image002.jpg
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.
http://www.madmacs.tv/Plane/image003.jpg
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..)
http://www.madmacs.tv/Plane/image004.jpg
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 computers into thinking it is in the air.
http://www.madmacs.tv/Plane/image005.jpg
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.
http://www.madmacs.tv/Plane/image006.jpg
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.
http://www.madmacs.tv/Plane/image007.jpg
The extent of injuries to the crew is unknownbecause ofthe
news blackout in the major media in France and elsewhere.
http://www.madmacs.tv/Plane/image008.jpg
Coverage of the story was deemed insulting to Muslim Arabs. awwww too bad!
http://www.madmacs.tv/Plane/image009.jpg
Finally, the photos are starting to leak out.
http://www.madmacs.tv/Plane/image010.jpg
Airbus $200 million aircraft meets retaining wall, and the wall wins!
As someone said, after the mishap ... "That's why God gave them C-A-M-E-L-S"
This brand spanking newAirbus340-600, the largest
passenger airplane ever built, sits just outside its hangar
in Toulouse , France , without a single hour of airtime.
http://www.madmacs.tv/Plane/image001.jpg
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 toEtihad Airwaysin Abu Dhabi .
The ADAT crew taxied the A340-600 to the run-up area.
http://www.madmacs.tv/Plane/image002.jpg
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.
http://www.madmacs.tv/Plane/image003.jpg
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..)
http://www.madmacs.tv/Plane/image004.jpg
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 computers into thinking it is in the air.
http://www.madmacs.tv/Plane/image005.jpg
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.
http://www.madmacs.tv/Plane/image006.jpg
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.
http://www.madmacs.tv/Plane/image007.jpg
The extent of injuries to the crew is unknownbecause ofthe
news blackout in the major media in France and elsewhere.
http://www.madmacs.tv/Plane/image008.jpg
Coverage of the story was deemed insulting to Muslim Arabs. awwww too bad!
http://www.madmacs.tv/Plane/image009.jpg
Finally, the photos are starting to leak out.
http://www.madmacs.tv/Plane/image010.jpg
Airbus $200 million aircraft meets retaining wall, and the wall wins!
As someone said, after the mishap ... "That's why God gave them C-A-M-E-L-S"