UK_Widowmaker 571 Posted May 13, 2009 Brand spanking new Airbus 340-600, the largest passenger airplane ever built, sits just outside it's hangar in Toulouse, France, without a single hour of airtime on the clock.... 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 take-off 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 !! With the following result.......... The Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technology 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, totalling it. The extent of injuries to the crew is unknown due to the news blackout in the major media. This was because coverage of the story was deemed insulting to Muslim Arabs. Finally, the photos are starting to leak out. £200 million aircraft meets wall. Wall wins. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Siggi 10 Posted May 13, 2009 8th-century man meets 21st-century technology. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OvS 8 Posted May 13, 2009 8th-century man meets 21st-century technology. Well... seeing that I work for a major international airline... I can say with a great sense of professional knowledge as a LISENCED CAA aircraft engineer... You get what you pay for...stupid is as stupid does... OvS PS... I actually saw these about a year or so ago when it actaully happened. But I don't like posting stuff like this for respect of those who like to fly/travel. I can tell you things that would make your skin turn white (from whatever color your starting out with). ;) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dej 17 Posted May 13, 2009 (edited) There's an emoticon for this. Never thought I'd get to use it, all you people here being so sensible, but it's damned appropriate for those idiots... RTFM! Edited May 13, 2009 by Dej Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hasse Wind 46 Posted May 13, 2009 Maybe those guys should just stick with the camels, and I don't mean the ones made by Sopwith... incredible stupidity! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
UK_Widowmaker 571 Posted May 13, 2009 Well... seeing that I work for a major international airline... I can say with a great sense of professional knowledge as a LISENCED CAA aircraft engineer... You get what you pay for...stupid is as stupid does... OvS PS... I actually saw these about a year or so ago when it actaully happened. But I don't like posting stuff like this for respect of those who like to fly/travel. I can tell you things that would make your skin turn white (from whatever color your starting out with). ;) Can well believe it!.... Have watched enough 'Aircrash Investigations' on Nat Geo to last me a lifetime!!! (still, gotta be better than Wood and Canvas with someone deliberately setting out to make you crash!!) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MAKO69 186 Posted May 13, 2009 Looks like a simple mistake..............................NOT! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Test Pilot 0 Posted May 13, 2009 Well hopefully everyone is alright. Maybe Boeing had infiltrated ADAT as a way to gain access to the Airbus. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RAF_Louvert 101 Posted May 13, 2009 Now there's an expensive little mistake. I don't think even MAACO can help with that one. Cheers! Lou Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
UK_Widowmaker 571 Posted May 13, 2009 (edited) Well hopefully everyone is alright. Maybe Boeing had infiltrated ADAT as a way to gain access to the Airbus. haha...Well, this aircraft is certainly 'exposed' for all to see! Wonder what the fate of the crew was?...Wouldn't wish that on anyone (regardless of their own Stupidity) Edited May 13, 2009 by UK_Widowmaker Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hauksbee 103 Posted May 13, 2009 Wonder what the fate of the crew was?... They'll have a fixed amount deducted from their pay checks each week until... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+hgbn 91 Posted May 13, 2009 They'll have a fixed amount deducted from their pay checks each week until... Hell freezes over and some has build a ladder to the Moon Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cameljockey 3 Posted May 13, 2009 Somebody bought $300,000,000 worth of spare parts! What's the price of scrap aluminum these days? That would make a lot of beer cans! CJ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hauksbee 103 Posted May 13, 2009 Hell freezes over and some has build a ladder to the Moon Works for me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hauksbee 103 Posted May 13, 2009 8th-century man meets 21st-century technology. Somewhere, Charles Darwin is smiling. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olham 164 Posted May 13, 2009 Well, it's bad enough for everyone involved - I hope they all got out with no more than minor injuries. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hauksbee 103 Posted May 13, 2009 Well, it's bad enough for everyone involved - I hope they all got out with no more than minor injuries. Definitely! The authorities in Abu Dhabi want them healthy enough for the Major Injuries they're going to get when they return home. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cameljockey 3 Posted May 13, 2009 I read an article about it just a few minutes ago and it stated that there were no fatalities but 4 or 5 of the nine aboard were seriously injured. It's amazing that no one was killed. How much beer would a keg that big hold? CJ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NS13Jarhead 6 Posted May 14, 2009 There's no way to make the controls idiot-proof, because the idiots are so creative in thier idiocy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Waldemar Kurtz 1 Posted May 14, 2009 the chief engineer for the shipping company I work with has a big sign inside of the mech-shop: "if you make something idiot proof they'll just build a better idiot" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bullethead 12 Posted May 14, 2009 "if you make something idiot proof they'll just build a better idiot" As it will be in the future, it was at the birth of Man-- There are only four things certain since Social Progress began:-- That the Dog returns to his Vomit, and the Sow returns to her Mire, And the burnt Fool's bandaged finger goes wobbling back to the Fire, And that after this is accomplished, and the brave new world begins When all men are paid for existing, and no man must pay for his sins. As surely as Water will wet us, as surely as Fire will burn, The Gods of the Copybook Headings with terror and slaughter return! -Kipling, "The Gods of the Copybook Headings" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ONETINSOLDIER 2 Posted May 14, 2009 seems your pics have met mr censor Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Curious 0 Posted May 14, 2009 What happened to the pictures in the original post???? CB Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ONETINSOLDIER 2 Posted May 14, 2009 TAKE THAT, MR CENSOR! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
angles1100 0 Posted May 14, 2009 Let all those who have never made a mistake raise their hands......... thought so......... cheers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
