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Old November 17th 07, 07:53 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Bertie the Bunyip[_19_]
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Default A340 Engine Test Gone Wrong

Mxsmanic wrote in
:

Phil writes:

An Airbus A340 jumped its wheel chocks and broke the tie-down chains
during an engine test, then leaped forward and into a concrete
barrier.


All by itself.

The entire nose section broke off. The crew was injured,
but thankfully no one was killed. Brand new airplane with exactly one
flight in the log. Now it's a write-off.


If only there had been a human being around to intervene when that pesky
Airbus decided to develop a mind of its own,



there was, you're an idiot.

Bertie