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The Mud Pit => General => Topic started by: WillC on February 16, 2009, 06:49:26 PM

Title: Ooooooooops!
Post by: WillC on February 16, 2009, 06:49:26 PM

THE BRAND SPANKING NEW AIRBUS  340-600, SAT IN ITS HANGAR IN TOULOUSE , FRANCE WITHOUT A SINGLE HOUR OF AIR TIME.  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 DHAB

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 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 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, 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?

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Title: Re: Ooooooooops!
Post by: PaulW on February 17, 2009, 12:07:20 AM

that sucks but pretty funny :)

Title: Re: Ooooooooops!
Post by: calvynandhobbs on February 17, 2009, 02:07:47 AM

That's funny because it wasn't full of people and was caused by people not knowing what they were doing. If I was working on something that expensive I think I would read the manual.

Title: Re: Ooooooooops!
Post by: Axle on February 17, 2009, 03:06:52 AM

Apparently Arabs don't need to read manuals.   ::)

Title: Re: Ooooooooops!
Post by: rocket on February 17, 2009, 03:29:27 AM

funny how the arab community thinks that this artical is "offensive."  If it had said americans or spaniards, they wouldnt' haven't complained.  its just a fact!  they need to get over them selfs!

Title: Re: Ooooooooops!
Post by: PaulW on February 17, 2009, 02:23:48 PM

is there something wrong with being Arab??

Title: Re: Ooooooooops!
Post by: Axle on February 17, 2009, 04:40:20 PM

Your mom is Arab....  :P

Title: Re: Ooooooooops!
Post by: rocket on February 17, 2009, 05:58:29 PM

Quote from: PaulW on February 17, 2009, 02:23:48 PM

is there something wrong with being Arab??

only if you are a jihadist

Title: Re: Ooooooooops!
Post by: Swagger on February 17, 2009, 08:41:22 PM

they are definatley a bunch of dramma queens.

Title: Re: Ooooooooops!
Post by: PaulW on February 17, 2009, 09:14:25 PM

haters.  just because some people prefer to take a camel offroad doesn't mean you have to single them out!

Title: Re: Ooooooooops!
Post by: WillC on February 17, 2009, 10:52:48 PM

I posted this as I received it. I would bet that the reason this story was held back had more to do with embarrassing or harming the builder of the jet than any group of people.

Title: Re: Ooooooooops!
Post by: PaulW on February 17, 2009, 11:00:38 PM

Quote from: WillC on February 17, 2009, 10:52:48 PM

I posted this as I received it. I would bet that the reason this story was held back had more to do with embarrassing or harming the builder of the jet than any group of people.

Don't worry i'm not arabian, I just dont see anything wrong with them, i mean hell they invented the slurpee!