http://www.airlineempires.net/blog The Captain Has Turned Off the Seatbelt Sign Mon, 05 Sep 2011 12:59:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.airlineempires.net/blog/2007/11/airbus-a340-meets-wall-airbus-loses/ http://www.airlineempires.net/blog/2007/11/airbus-a340-meets-wall-airbus-loses/#comments Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:17:16 +0000 miller22 http://www.airlineempires.net/blog/2007/11/26/airbus-a340-meets-wall-airbus-loses/ Etihad was to receive their next A340 this week, but it seems that delivery may be delayed. While running an engine test at the Airbus facility in Toulouse, France, the A340-600 jumped the chocks and headed for the blast wall. The good news is the blast wall held up remarkably well. The bad news is the Airbus did not.

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