explain this!

[zmaster2k]

This brand spanking new Airbus 340-600, the largest passenger airplane ever built, sits just outside its hanger
in Toulouse, 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.



Coverage of the story was deemed insulting to Muslim Arabs.




Finally, the photos are starting to leak out ..


A French Airbus ........ $200 million dollars
Untrained Arab Flight Crew... Salary $300,000 per annum
Unread Operating Manual....... $300

AIRCRAFT MEETS RETAINING WALL -- WALL WINS
PRICELESS!

[Wobba]

Should have bought a Clio.

[LEIGH-ANNE]

That makes me sick. The amount of money that has been wasted there! No doubt they will put it down to experience and make another one.

LA hates people with more money than sense!

[ThRaXaIR]

fail stupid pricks! What a waste. Hope there dead! :p so when did this happen if its only coming out now?

[Purple]

Just googled. Happened in '07 and no one died.

[MatrixGuy]

Yeah this happened agggeeessss ago, it was such a waste.

Biggest passenger jet now is A380

[Tommy]

Should have bought a Clio.

^This, tbh!

[Chet T16]

http://www.snopes.com/photos/airplane/etihad.asp

[Laine_16v]

Some of that is defo BS. I worked at Airbus for 3 years and gained a decent amount of knowledge on the aircraft.

You cant simply pull circuit breaks out lmao! They arent in the cabin for starters, and the amount of safety features on aircraft will mash your brain with their complexity.

Someone ****ed up, but that description is tripe.

[katbloke]

silly bunch of burkas