How to destroy a brand new $200 million airplane.
 

There is a viral email going around about how an Arab flight crew destroyed a new Airbus 340-600 during testing. I was telling Matt about it at dinner.

Well, thanks to Snopes, we know it was destroyed, but the details are in significant question... It definitely jumped a wall during a full engine test and is well broke... Linky to Snopes article with more pictures.


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Oh, it was a A340., not an A380. Still a sweet new plane. Etihad is the airline that sponsors the Scuderia. Such a shame to scrap such a beautiful plane.

Yah, I realized that when I reread it... Still a bad day for the guy behind the stick who didn't power down. I can't imagine that you ever run the engines to full without more than enough runoff for a safety margin.

looks like the plane puked over the wall.

Whats with the green frown faces?

That made me cringe, all the money that could have been spent on bad ass cars. lol

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Can't you see it: "What does this button do?"

A lot of the time aircraft are tied down for engine run-up, especially full power ones. And they are usually done in designated 'run pad' areas. But typically a runpad is not setup for takeoff. :p