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Bad day for Airbus/EADS in le Bourget

Old 19th Jun 2011, 17:57
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Bad day for Airbus/EADS in le Bourget

Today their A380 hit a building while being taxied around , dammaging the right wing, most probably this aircraft planned to make flight displays will be grounded for the rest of the show.

Earlier they had announced that their 2nd star, the A400M has engine problems and will not fly either.
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Old 19th Jun 2011, 20:30
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oooooops

They will have to Wait till Farnborough 2012 show plenty of Egg on Face. Tonight i bet Boeing are laughing there heads off .

PICTURE POSTED This picture of the A380 at le Bourget clearly shows the exte... on Twitpic
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Can you say "TOO LARGE" ?
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The A380 will not fly at the Paris Air Show

The A380 will not fly during the Paris Air Show owing to an incident while being towed. The starboard wing hit a building. Small damage to the wing tip but aircraft AOG for the show.

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"Trop grand"?
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Bet this happened after a typical French "liquid enlivened lunch".
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Tonight i bet Boeing are laughing there heads off
Yeah, let's all laugh at Airbus because their aircraft can't be towed properly... hilarious.

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But Airbus will make money selling spare wingtips.
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Boeing laughing at airbus?... doubt it, boeing im sure know all to well "sh$t happens"
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A nearby building with the name "Embraer" emblazoned on the side showed signs of the collision
Confirmation that Embraer is aggressively going after Airbus!

Still, a silver lining for spotters at the show: Airbus Borrows Korean's A380 For Displays After Mishap
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At least the 380 used it's right wingtip to contact the Embraer building, while it's sister 380 used its' left wingtip to contact an Embraer aircraft at JFK.
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Would that be the Embraer CRJ that it hit at JFK?
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It was a Bombardier RJ that got hit at JFK.

Still, moving the Hippo around still is wrought with difficulties, even at home, isn't it?
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whoops, my bad. Those pesky RJ's and small buildings, they all look so much alike.
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....the plane is NOT too big, however, the wings are too wide.

It is a shame there are not more commerical aircraft manufacturors..... this would serve all better...
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They will have to Wait till Farnborough 2012 show plenty of Egg on Face. Tonight i bet Boeing are laughing there heads off .

PICTURE POSTED This picture of the A380 at le Bourget clearly shows the exte... on Twitpic
Its only a scratch.....

...it looks like it is parked on the grass - isn't it a bit heavy for that, or is it just an illusion?
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Will the towing crew be redeployed to the line at the French equivalent of the Job Centre ? Haven't Airbus started to make spares for the 380 like wing tips? we wait with bated breath, but will not hold it for long.
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It was a Bombardier RJ that got hit at JFK.
Really?

Is that a Bombardier CRJ?



I realized it was CRJ - I was only messin'
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Well you won't see Boeing demonstrate its 747-8.

Unlike Airbus which can fly its aircraft accurately close to the stall (when pitot tubes are functioning properly), Boeing are scared that competition between test pilots could end up with one of their babies spearing in.

Perhaps then Airbus aircraft are inherently safer.
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Where's Shell Management claiming that Airbus obviously didn't have a safety case to operate from Le Bourget?
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