Brand new Etihad A340-600 damaged in Toulouse; several wounded

[Chris Scott]

Lessons (not always) handed down

Quote from ChristiaanJ:
But I would have hoped some of our experience would have filtered down the ages.....

Something about those ignoring the lessons of history being condemned to watch it repeating itself?

http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthr...=313707&page=4

27 years ago, an empty rear-engined passenger jet was doing high-speed taxiing trials, following a nosewheel-steering malfunction. The aircraft had not been prepared (or configured) for flight, but there was (one) pilot on the tiller. You can guess the rest...

We must be just about due for the next one?