Airbus Opppps!

[Extra 300 Driver]

I know its O/T but I thought you may like these. No injuries and not really that much damage

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[filmidget]

Err... what happened there then!?!

[esselte]

I think it needs a bit more than brown sticky tape over the company name!

[anonymous-user]

merde! i love the way there is a big sticker over the AIR FRANCE bit, dum de dum, nothing to see here folks!... at least FOUR hours after it happened!... quality!

[speedy_thrills]

How the hell did that happen? Air France still denying they overload their aircraft? I like the way that they stuck sheets of brown paper over the name as well (Alas the cameras got there first).

[Trooper2]

I always thought that the landing gear was safe guarded so it couldn't be retracted on the ground?

Bet it sounded expensive when it was happening!

[vixpy1]

Lord Nelson celebrates 200 years on..

[eharding]

Love the brown sticky tape job - I'm surprised
they didn't go the whole way, cover up the 'Airbus'
logo and write 'Boeing' in crayon on the top.

[JMGS4]

Were Air France embarrassed that some AF idiot retracted the nose wheel in error, or was it on delivery to them and someone wanted to cover up the "damage in transit"????
Why otherwise cover up the name then????

[puggit]

Anyone who's ever been to an airport would know who's tail it was

[blueyes]

"Fat birds, hen-night ruined"

[rustybin]

Consequences of global viagra shortage worsen.

[nel]

Can only see one of the photos due to work webnazi filtering. Is this the recent accident in Nigeria where the AF flight hit a load of cattle on the runway? Hardly their fault....

[r988]

JMGS4 said:

Were Air France embarrassed that some AF idiot retracted the nose wheel in error, or was it on delivery to them and someone wanted to cover up the "damage in transit"???? Why otherwise cover up the name then????

Got a great photo somewhere of the China airlines 747 fuselage wreck lying next to a runway on Kai-Tak after a crash, with another China Airlines plane taxing past. The China airlines is clearly visible, bet that was reassuring for the passengers.

Airfrance forgot to do their tail emblem though , this was apparently due to a hydraulics problem.

If you want more reassuring photos of the safety of aircraft do a search under the accidents category here
www.airliners.net/search/

[scorp]

I heard Kai Tak was one of the scariest airports in the world to land at. Something to do with buildings being metres away from wingtips

The new one is isnt much better, someone has already managed to land in the mountains and its foggy almost every day there.

[Extra 300 Driver]

The nosegear collapsed at CDG on 20th October 2002. This aircraft was delivered to Air France on 18th May 1988.

It seems an Engineer was doing some Hydraulic functional tests and managed to overide the system and retract the nose gear, the mains tried to go aswell but the weight kept them down.

I posted it as thee were no injuries and I thought it may be of interest to some people.

[BliarOut]

Er, isn't there a "Do you really want to do that" warning thingumy?

[apache]

Extra 300 Driver said:

It seems an Engineer was doing some Hydraulic functional tests and managed to overide the system and retract the nose gear, the mains tried to go aswell but the weight kept them down.

jesus! I hope they sacked some sense into him?

[Size Nine Elm]

BliarOut said:

Er, isn't there a "Do you really want to do that" warning thingumy?

There is now...

[r988]

Size Nine Elm said:

BliarOut said: Er, isn't there a "Do you really want to do that" warning thingumy? There is now...

Most have a lock out pin I think, unless some muppet has removed it