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Old 08-29-2008 | 08:36 AM
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A brand new 600 series with zero time with Etihad. Doing high power run-ups with only the parking brake set, no chocks. Apparently a circuit breaker was pulled to silence a warning which somehow "tricked" the plane in to thinking it was airborne and released the parking brake. How about a WOW switch????

Thought some might like to see the photos since there was no news coverage.

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Old 08-29-2008 | 08:41 AM
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There wont be news coverage since this happened about 10 months ago
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Old 08-29-2008 | 08:53 AM
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Airbus has many AIRBUS FLIGHT CONTROL LAWS, no they need a PARKING BRAKE LAW.

Probably a bug in their computer software.
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Old 08-29-2008 | 09:32 AM
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True, but I never saw the photos before. I just thought others might like to see them in light of the recent ASA/Skywest hanger cluster.
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