Arab Airbus Delivery

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.

Then they throttled all Four engines to
takeoff power with a virtually empty aircraft. 
Not having Read the run-up manuals,
they had no clue just how light an
empty A340-600 really is.

The takeoff warning horn was blaring away
in the cockpit because they had All 4 engines
at full power.  The aircraft computers thought
they were trying to take off, but it had not been
configured properly (flaps/slats, etc.)

Then one of the ADAT crew decided to
pull the circuit breaker on the
Ground Proximity Sensor to
silence the alarm.  This fools the
aircraft into thinking it is in the air.

The computers automatically released
all the brakes and set the aircraft
rocketing forward.  The ADAT crew had
no idea that this is a safety feature so
that pilots can't land with the brakes on.

Not one member of the seven-man
Arab crew was smart enough to
throttle back the engines from their
max power setting, so the $200 million
brand-new Aircraft crashed into
a blast barrier, totaling it.

The extent of injuries to the crew is
unknown due to the news blackout in
the major media in France and elsewhere.

Coverage of the story is deemed "insulting" to Muslim Arabs.

Finally, the photos are starting to leak out.

A French Airbus: Untrained Arab Flight Crew: Unread Operating Manual:

$200 million dollars $300,000 Yearly Salary $300

Aircraft meets retaining wall, and the wall wins.
PRICELESS!!!

"that's why God gave them camels"!