SomedayRJ

Haven't seen the (now deleted) pictures on A-net, but one thing comes to mind:

"OOPS."

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cessna157

"Oops, my bad. Wrong button"
-former mechanic

HSLD

Three planes collide on the ground at Baton Rouge Metro Airport


BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - A three-plane ground crash at the Baton Rouge Metro Airport could have become an explosive disaster.
It happened at the new regional maintenance hangar for Atlantic Southeast Airlines, or ASA.


The total value to the three CRJ commuter jets is $100 million and it looks like the most expensive one is a total loss.



The entire incident reportedly took five seconds.



A young mechanic pressed a starter switch to slowly spin the compressor blades for cleaning.



Instead, her action sent the engine to immediate takeoff power, hurling the fragile aircraft at 90 degree angles.



Witnesses say it's a wonder the entire hangar wasn't sent up in flames, not to mention injury or death to the 14 ASA mechanics and cleaning crew members working inside.

rickair7777

Sounds like somebody hadn't heard about the "auto-ignition" on the 700/900...

MatthewAMEL

5 seconds, my butt...I could never get a CF34 to spin up in less than 30 seconds! Not to mention the time to get it spooled up to full power.

Still, damn lucky no one was hurt.

BlueMoon

Heck I didn't think the Fadec would allow the engine to start with the thrust lever up like that. (not like it ever occurred to me to try it and I'm sure not planning on it)

It aborts the start(will not turn on the ignition) if you advance the thrust lever at 122 degrees C instead of 120 degrees.

11Fan

This is not going to look good on the resume. "And why did you leave your last employment? Um...

I do have empathy for her though.

I totaled a brand new Non Destructive Testing Machine with a forklift. Actually, it wasn't totaled until it fell from the forklift - from 8 foot off the ground. That was only $100K

Lucy, you got some splainin to do.

Tough break, but considering how it could have turned out......

TheDashRocks

How long will it take for someone on this forum to blame Mesa?

bubi352

Ouch. Does anyone have a link to some photos?