http://eye-on-the-world.blogspot.com/2008/06/arab-crew-crashes-brand-new-airbus-a340.html
-- Luther KB5QHU Alma, Ark '87 300SDL (278,xxx mi) '85 Ford F250 6.9 diesel (x59,xxx mi) BioBeast '82 300CD (181 kmi) '82 300D (74 kmi) getting donor engine-sold '85 300D (280,176) parts car sans engine "The Accordion" Quoting Chuck Landenberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Here's another one...... Just stupid!!! > Wilton, you will get a kick out of this one......!!!! > Chuck > Don't know if the pix will get thru....... >> >> >> >> THE TALE OF THE ARAB FLIGHT CREW >> >> Written by To The Point News >> >> Friday, 16 May 2008 >> >> >> The brand spanking new Airbus 380-600, the largest passenger >> airplane ever >> built, sat in 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 >> runu ps, >> prior to delivery to Etihad Airways in Abu Dhabi. >> >> The ADAT crew taxied the A380-600 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 >> A380-600 >> 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 takeoff 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 ala rm. 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, for there has been a news blackout in the >> major >> media in France and elsewhere. Coverage of the story was deemed >> insulting >> to Moslem Arabs. Finally, the photos are starting to leak out. >> Airbus $200 >> million aircraft meets retai ning wall and the wall wins.... >> >> >  >> >  >> >  >> >  > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
