Airbus A340 F-WWCJ (A6-DHG) has jumped chocks during engine tests at Toulouse, rode over a huge concrete noise-reducing wall barrier and has lost a large part of its forward fuselage which broke away. Several injuries reported and can only assume its a w/o (was due for delivery to Etihad Airways in 8 days or so ) - c/n quoted as 856.
http://tf1.lci.fr/infos/france/faits-divers/0,,,00.html
As can be seen in the photo, the entire cockpit section has broken away
http://www.pictaero.com/en/pictures/picture,3197
Sympathies go to anyone injured in this accident.
Is there anybody out there?
This is the third A340-600 to have a mishap in the last 10 days...Iberia A340-600 runs of runway in Quito and the South African Airways A340-600 that taxied onto the grass.
http://www.crash-aerien.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=22354#22354
See more on the Etihad A6-DHG at flightglobal.com
SKY News are quoting Fabrice Bregier as saying it's damaged so badly as to be "irrecoverable".
My wings are like a shield of steel.
Good news - Etihad are saying none of the injuries to the engineers are life threatening.
Looks like Fabrice Bregiers correct what a mess
some very lucky people, I would be surprised if some of the injurys are serious leg and back.
Flight-recorder information from the Airbus A340-600 involved in the Toulouse ground-test accident last week shows that the aircraft’s engines were not retarded to idle until two seconds before the jet struck its test-pen wall.
The aircraft, which had been performing an engine and brake test, was travelling at around 30kt (55km/h) at the time of impact.
See more on this at http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2007/11/21/219795/toulouse-a340-throttles-not-idled-until-2s-before-wall-collision.html
How is going on with the rebuild of the crashed aircraft? What happen with the servicable parts? Does they get recertified or implemented in other new aircrafts?
Does anyone know more?
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