Etihad

OOPS!
This brand spanking new Airbus 340-600,

the largest passenger airplane ever built,

sits just outside its hangar in Toulouse,

France without a single hour of airtime.

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 took 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. T

he 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.

Because...

Coverage of the story was deemed insulting to Muslim Arabs.  

Finally, the photos are starting to leak out.

One French Airbus:   $200 million dollars
Untrained Arab Flight Crew:  $300,000 Yearly Salary
Unread Operating Manual:  $300
Aircraft meets retaining wall and the wall wins.

PRICELESS!!!
"And that's why God gave them camels"!

You whip them up to full speed and they still only amble on!

So now you know why we are flying with easyjet to Lanzarote?

They read the manuals!