PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Brand new Etihad A340-600 damaged in Toulouse; several wounded
Old 2nd Dec 2007, 21:59
  #320 (permalink)  
CONF iture
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: W of 30W
Posts: 1,916
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
That picture is a dynamite Thanks !

So let me go for this:

Yellow: 340 position when it strikes
Green: Final position
Tailstrike 1 due to the nose climbing the wall
Tailstrike 2 when left engines reach the wall

Originally Posted by BillS
they appear to have come from the center gear."
the two lines appear to converge - indicating gear turning?
Originally Posted by somepitch
looks like the skid marks are from the nose gear, which as BillS pointed out would have been turning according to the position of the rudder...
No other choice than to agree with you guys!
And NO BRAKING ACTION AT ALL !
CONF iture is offline