5 crew injured durning a engine test of a 340 type
yet to be delivered.
the airbus is history .. one bent bird
pictures at the bottom of page
http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/fligh ... amage.html
Airbus Hits Wall
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Been a bad month for the A340-600 SAA IB and now airbus anymore :think:
James
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Very lucky!! Apparently the aircraft somehow broke free of the chocks.
Nigel.
Nigel.
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Strewth! Thank god no one was killed. Surely some heads will roll for that one. I bet the Airline are fuming.. :o
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Wow! Those pics are absolutely scary. :o
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Firstly - I hope everyone comes out okay. It's very scary to see that kind of damage.
For the talk about what happened, if it was even using the chocks, then something went very, very wrong. In the US, there is a requirement for 3 forms of restraint for a static test in a confined area or you must be in a location where the aircraft can be brought to a safe stop in case the restraint does not hold if you have less than 3 restraints. It looks here like neither were the case here.
At Columbus, we did half-power run-ups outside the hangar with chocks, the parking brake set, and feet on the pedals at all times to catch the plane if the parking brake accidentally releases. Anything above half-power was done on the run-up pad, the parallel taxiway, or the inactive runway using just the parking brake, but allowing hundreds of feet for the airplane to safely coast to a stop in case the brakes did fail, which did happen once that I know of while I was there.
For the talk about what happened, if it was even using the chocks, then something went very, very wrong. In the US, there is a requirement for 3 forms of restraint for a static test in a confined area or you must be in a location where the aircraft can be brought to a safe stop in case the restraint does not hold if you have less than 3 restraints. It looks here like neither were the case here.
At Columbus, we did half-power run-ups outside the hangar with chocks, the parking brake set, and feet on the pedals at all times to catch the plane if the parking brake accidentally releases. Anything above half-power was done on the run-up pad, the parallel taxiway, or the inactive runway using just the parking brake, but allowing hundreds of feet for the airplane to safely coast to a stop in case the brakes did fail, which did happen once that I know of while I was there.
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According to the latest info from AI, it hit the wall at 30 knots.
The engines were between at 1.24 & 1.26 EPR when it started moving. What i can't understand is why there was a 11 sec delay from the a/c starting to move and the engines being pulled back to idle. If I was running it (and I do run A346's amongst other a/c) the first thing I'd do whilst standing on the brakes would to bring back the engines to idle.
Paul
The engines were between at 1.24 & 1.26 EPR when it started moving. What i can't understand is why there was a 11 sec delay from the a/c starting to move and the engines being pulled back to idle. If I was running it (and I do run A346's amongst other a/c) the first thing I'd do whilst standing on the brakes would to bring back the engines to idle.
Paul
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