There are quite a few problems with the story as reported in the email
version.

First, most of the interior pictures used are actually designs for the
Airbus A380. You can see them at this link:

http://www.aviationexplorer.com/a380_facts.htm

Second, the facts presented in the email don't entirely mesh with the
accident report. You can find info on that, including the accident
report itself, at the link below. However, the accident report, as
would be expected, is in French. Unfortunately, my high school
"Francaise est tres mal", so I can only glean a bit of what it is
saying. Perhaps someone else could tell us what the findings are.

http://aviation-safety.net/database/...?id=20071115-0

Lastly, the accident was widely reported, more so in Europe than in
the U.S. You can still Google a load of the original articles dated
just days after the accident.

However, one point does seem to be in agreement - somebody forgot to
properly engage brain before proceding with the tests. When doing
ground runs, we always chocked, blocked and stood on the brakes. And
if we were going to run up to full mil, we towed the whole mess to the
trim pad where it was cabled to the ground or locked in to anchored
steel chocks.

Frogdog has left the building.