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Airbus A340 Meets Wall. Airbus Loses.(OOPS!)
Airline Empires ^ | November 26, 2007 | miller22

Posted on 12/02/2007 5:12:08 PM PST by uglybiker

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To: ml/nj
This is BS.

If you're talking about your comments, you are correct.

41 posted on 12/02/2007 6:32:05 PM PST by A.A. Cunningham
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To: uglybiker

Dibs on the copper! (they do have that in Europe don’t they?)


42 posted on 12/02/2007 6:36:12 PM PST by jwh_Denver (Elect Hussein Obama for President, give a kid a whack at it.)
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To: uglybiker

Wow! I remember reading about this earlier but there wer eno pics. I didn’t think it was that bad.

It’s that bad!


43 posted on 12/02/2007 6:37:02 PM PST by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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To: uglybiker
...jumped the chocks

Whooda thunkit could happen? I mean, 6" wheel chocks verses 4 x 56,000 pounds of thrust...

44 posted on 12/02/2007 6:37:55 PM PST by jimmyray
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To: jimmyray

Oh yeah, and if Bush had signed Kyoto, this would never have happened!


45 posted on 12/02/2007 6:39:17 PM PST by jimmyray
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To: uglybiker
Great pictures. Thank you.

How in hell did the people in the cockpit survive this?

46 posted on 12/02/2007 6:40:32 PM PST by AGreatPer ("The Democrats don't give a rats ass about this country"....Rush Limbaugh, 11/15/07)
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To: uglybiker
While running an engine test ....

I would surmise the engines passed with flying colors.

47 posted on 12/02/2007 6:41:57 PM PST by ThomasThomas (An investigative journalist is one who uses spellcheck.)
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Quickly followed by flying pieces.


48 posted on 12/02/2007 9:02:37 PM PST by uglybiker (relaxing in a luxuriant cloud of quality, aromatic, pre-owned tobacco essence)
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To: jimmyray
They say it was "unchocked".

. . .I don't know if the crew were rated.

49 posted on 12/02/2007 9:05:01 PM PST by skeptoid (U.E., A.A., MBS with Clusters)
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To: uglybiker

Thai Airways offered to buy it and fly it home as is.


50 posted on 12/03/2007 4:05:09 AM PST by Thrownatbirth (.....Iraq Invasion fan since 1991.)
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To: A.A. Cunningham
I wonder if you've ever been present at tests of these sorts. I have, you know like at Edwards Air Force Base, et al. Trust me. Something other than what has been reported occurred. If I had to guess I'd say aborted takeoff, or some braking test that failed. (The latter seems less likely to me as the braking tests I've been involved with were specifically done at Edwards so if the brakes didn't work the plane would just coast into the desert. And you don't start at full speed either!)

ML/NJ

51 posted on 12/03/2007 4:52:46 AM PST by ml/nj
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To: uglybiker

Wonder what his flight plan looked like.


52 posted on 12/03/2007 10:26:40 AM PST by JewishRighter
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To: Samwise; alfa6

More pictures from an earlier incident.


53 posted on 12/03/2007 10:29:19 AM PST by Professional Engineer (www.pinupsforvets.com)
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To: uglybiker; Tijeras_Slim

You will notice that the emergency exits are located at the front, rear and over the wings.....and the large gapping hole that will be made on initial impact.


54 posted on 12/03/2007 10:34:46 AM PST by CougarGA7 (I'm supporting a Conservative not a RINO http://www.gohunter08.com/)
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To: uglybiker

Wonder what his flight plan looked like.


55 posted on 12/03/2007 10:41:57 AM PST by JewishRighter
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To: Professional Engineer

ouch!


56 posted on 12/03/2007 4:59:14 PM PST by Samwise (Fred doesn't suffer fools or the media. Did I repeat myself?)
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To: uglybiker; Rennes Templar; LexBaird; mikrofon; martin_fierro; lowbridge; trooprally; ...
the A340-600 jumped the chocks

This is what happens when you buy cheap Chinese chocks instead of quality American chocks. Probably had lead-based paint on 'em too. Taxpayer concerns are well-grounded--the purchasing agents are flying blind.

Frankly, this disaster surely came as quite a chock for those trying to save a few francs or Moor.

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57 posted on 12/08/2007 4:38:14 PM PST by The Spirit Of Allegiance (Public Employees: Honor Your Oaths! Defend the Constitution from Enemies--Foreign and Domestic!)
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To: The Spirit Of Allegiance

Mr Wing Chock says “Who you calling cheap yankee?”


58 posted on 12/08/2007 4:41:20 PM PST by Enterprise (Those who "betray us" also "Betray U.S." They're called DEMOCRATS!)
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To: uglybiker

Yipes!


59 posted on 12/08/2007 4:42:43 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: ml/nj

Good point


60 posted on 12/08/2007 4:44:58 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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