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.
这部金光闪闪，尚未翱翔天际的全新空巴公司最大的巨型客机A340-600正安坐在法国土鲁斯机场的停机棚内。



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 .
阿布达比航空技术公司人员进驻,正进行移交阿联联合航空公司前，例如引擎运转之类的地面测试。
(这是头等舱的客房)



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.
技师们将飞机滑行到试行区，这些人根本没有读驾驶手册, 在全然不知A340-600的空机到底有多重的概念下就将4颗引擎开到起飞的功率。



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.)
驾驶舱内一下子起飞警报大作,因为四个引擎全速运转,但主控电脑认为各项起飞配置资料(如前后襟翼...etc)尚未设好就要起飞。



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. The computers automatically released all the brakes and set the aircraft rocketing forward.
其中一个聪明过度的技师将地面迫近感知器的断路器钮按下想关掉警报,这一来电脑被骗以为飞机已在空中,于是松掉所有的煞车,一头就往前猛冲。



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.
技师们不知道这是空巴飞机的安全机能，防止飞机在机轮煞车咬紧的情况下降落。7名技师完全不知要将引擎改为逆转，这架2亿欧元的全新飞机就这样整个儿的撞入跑道边的隔音牆。




The extent of injuries to the crew is unknown due to the news blackout in the major media in France and elsewhere. Because..........
技师的伤势如何无法得知，因为所有法国媒体全部噤声没有任何报导。



Coverage of the story was deemed insulting to Muslim Arabs.
报导这件消息被认为有损回教阿拉伯人的自尊。



Finally, the photos are starting to leak out.
终于还是纸包不住火，照片流出市面。



One French Airbus: $200 million dollars
Untrained Arab Flight Crew: $300,000 Annual Salary
Unread Operating Manual: $300
Aircraft meets retaining wall and the wall wins.
飞机$2亿，阿拉伯菜鸟技师年薪$30万，未开阅的全新飞行手册$300，飞机撞墙，等于以卵击石。


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

就是这样阿拉才给了他们骆驼。


顺附原文作者的原话：我个人觉得可喜可贺的是此鸟事发生在尚未交机且营运载客前...........否则............