Toulouse Airbus ground incident

[Notebook]

A friend sent an e-mail with these images:-

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k207/Notebook_04/cid_DAC00E3DB0E9415294506C7CC1F7D8E.jpg

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k207/Notebook_04/cid_09ACD164A79744DBB6015F013DC9FD5.jpg

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k207/Notebook_04/cid_8AB3AF3BAFCD45FA9E3846EDB78742A.jpg

Says it happened Friday, 16 May 2008.

I don't remember anything at the time. Anyone got any more news?

N.

 

[Urwumpe]

It is even older, November 15, 2007. Was an accident during a full-thrust acceptance test.

5 injuries, no loss of life.

 

[Notebook]

Thanks for that Urwumpe, my friend isn't the most accurate with aviation stories! I'm surprised it didn't make any news channels here, and I don't remember seeing it in any magazines I buy.
Glad to hear no loss of life. The state of the cockpit makes that amazing.

N.

 

[simonpro]

Aircraft was having it's engines tested and escaped the test stand. It was going to be delivered to the airline 3 days later.

(edit) Urwumpe posted first.

 

[Andy44]

 

[bujin]

Women drivers...

 

[Bullethead]

As I heard the story when it happened, that Arab airline's own crew was at the controls and the accident resulted from an unbelievably stupid piece of pilot error. However, this was hushed up to avoid various political problems. But I sure won't fly on that airline....

 

[JamesG]

Half of the people in the cockpit were Airbus employees...