In article , Lee NULL
wrote:

Rec'd an email. These photos were in it with soem text.
Wasn't inquisitive enough to check it out, but did smile!


OOPS!
This brand spanking new Airbus 340-600, sits just outside its hangar 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.


That there was an accident is true. The text of he email is bull****,
written by someone who dislikes Arabs. Among other facts left out of the
email story: the control inputs were coming from the right seat, in
which sat an Airbus employee who was responsible for the text.

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

For those on this group who can read French:
http://www.bea.aero/docspa/2007/f-cj...f-cj071115.pdf

An English translation:
http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/3...a340-600-damag
ed-toulouse-several-wounded-26.html#post4705627