# Remember to read the instructions before use.... **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [March 11, 2008, 2:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remember-to-read-the-instructions-before-use/196053 "2008-03-11T14:28:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![green](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/green/32/5996_2.png) [@green](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/green)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 2:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remember-to-read-the-instructions-before-use/196053/1 "2008-03-11T14:28:34Z")
From: “Chuck Jones” \<[CJones@EADS.com](mailto:CJones@EADS.com)\> To: “Paul Cunningham (E-mail)” \<[PCunningham@united.com](mailto:PCunningham@united.com)\> Subject: A340 600 Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 15:32:42 -0700 Subject: A340 600 ``` These are pictures of the wreck of a brand new A340-600 in November 2007, that had never flown. (never saw (1) hour in the air). Thank these French and their Arab friends for this bit of "comedy of errors". Nine employees of the Arab airline were in the aircraft, but "no employees" from Airbus were present. They taxied out to the run-up area. Then they took all four engines to takeoff power with virtually an empty aircraft. (They obvious didn't read the run-up manuals.) No chocks were set, (not that it would have mattered at that power setting) .. Brakes will not hold it back at full power anyway. As it turns out the takeoff warning horn was blaring away in the cockpit because they had all FOUR engines at full power. The aircraft computers thought they were trying to takeoff but it had not been configured properly (flaps/slats, etc, etc). Then one of these brain surgeons decided to pull the "Ground Sense" circuit breaker to quiet the alarms. This fools the aircraft into thinking it is in the air."A big,big mistake"! As soon as they did that, the computers automaticlly "released" all the brakes. ("this is a Safety feature so that pilots don't land with the brakes on".), there was no time to stop and no one smart enough to think of reducing the max power setting..... So the rest is as you see it in the photos. No one is talking, so who knows if there were survivors or who cares. ``` ![http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/ATT00022.jpg](http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/ATT00022.jpg) ![http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/ATT00025.jpg](http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/ATT00025.jpg) ![http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/ATT00028.jpg](http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/ATT00028.jpg) ![http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/ATT00034.jpg](http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/ATT00034.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![bgblockelcamino](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bgblockelcamino/32/5997_2.png) [@bgblockelcamino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bgblockelcamino)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 2:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remember-to-read-the-instructions-before-use/196053/2 "2008-03-11T14:48:51Z")
watched too many episodes of dukes of hazzard? but didn’t work with planes?? ---
**Author:** ![imported\_gearhead](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/imported_gearhead/32/5957_2.png) [@imported\_gearhead](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_gearhead)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 2:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remember-to-read-the-instructions-before-use/196053/3 "2008-03-11T14:56:08Z")
apparently it is NOT like flying afterburner in the arcade ---
**Author:** ![4doors5gears](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/4doors5gears/32/6006_2.png) [@4doors5gears](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/4doors5gears)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 4:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remember-to-read-the-instructions-before-use/196053/4 "2008-03-11T16:04:17Z")
guess the arabs thought the ramp was a skyscraper?? ---
**Author:** ![tom\_vito](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tom_vito/32/6000_2.png) [@tom\_vito](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tom_vito)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 4:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remember-to-read-the-instructions-before-use/196053/5 "2008-03-11T16:07:42Z")
> [@McLaren Excluded from 07 and 08 Championships](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mclaren-excluded-from-07-and-08-championships/35301/19): > > watched too many episodes of dukes of hazzard? Bo Duke could have made it happen. ---
**Author:** ![NOTLUZN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@NOTLUZN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NOTLUZN)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 4:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remember-to-read-the-instructions-before-use/196053/6 "2008-03-11T16:09:44Z")
little weld here little weld there and some spray paint and you’ll never notice. ---
**Author:** ![tegSimple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d6d6ee/32.png) [@tegSimple](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tegSimple)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 4:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remember-to-read-the-instructions-before-use/196053/7 "2008-03-11T16:56:11Z")
that’ll buff right out