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Airbus A340 600 Rejected Take Off Test Flight..

submitted by Aard Vark

(oritteropo)
1 decade 1 year 3 months 3 weeks ago

This is an oldie, but I didn't see it posted here. This was the hugely embarrassing certification test failure for the Airbus A340-600 in 2002 that forced Airbus to redesign the wheels and landing gear before putting the aircraft into service, with subtitles.

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/airbus-to-modify-a340-600-wheels-after-rto-test-failure-144417/

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If I were the pilot:

Pilot: There's fire everywhere.
Command: Yes, but the tires are probably intact. It is a small fire. Continue.
Pilot: We're going to die.
Command: Everything will be fine. Continue.
Pilot: You're an asshole.
Command: I know. Continue.

AeroMechanical says...

Definitely the most embarrassing thing about this is how incompetently the test is being conducted.

ant

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Skip to 5 minutes in for the important part.

"nothing abnormal"

grubert says...

It would be hugely embarrassing if the plane was certified. This is what certification tests are made for, to push planes to the limit and see how they react. As far as I know, this never happened to an Airbus 340 in service.

Aircraft Near Miss and Unusual Incident Compliation has been added as a related post - related requested by oritteropo on that post.

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