{"id":1590,"date":"2007-11-27T08:13:11","date_gmt":"2007-11-27T16:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/2007\/11\/27\/airbus-quality-workmanship\/"},"modified":"2009-07-04T16:59:37","modified_gmt":"2009-07-04T23:59:37","slug":"airbus-quality-workmanship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/2007\/11\/27\/airbus-quality-workmanship\/","title":{"rendered":"Airbus Quality Workmanship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You might think that facing <u>away<\/u> from the blast fence and tying down to concrete-reinforced pad eyes would be precautions to take in case your AirBus jumps the chocks during engine run-up. But I guess they do things differently in France.<\/p>\n<p>Via AP:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Emirates carrier denies Airbus injuries<\/h3>\n<p><a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/graphics\/imageview.php?image=http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/blast-fence.JPG\" title=\"busted airbus\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image1592\" src=\"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/busted-airbus.JPG\" alt=\"busted airbus\" class=\"right\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a>An Airbus 340-600 lies on the tarmac at Toulouse Blagnac airport, southwestern France, Friday, Nov. 16, 2007. The aircraft slammed into a wall during engine tests on the ground on Thursday. <\/p>\n<p>An Airbus spokesman also corrected the company&#8217;s statement late Thursday that seven employees of Etihad Airways were injured, saying they in fact worked for a firm contracted to test the plane.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/graphics\/imageview.php?image=http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/air-bus-nose.JPG\" title=\"hangover\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image1591\" src=\"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/air-bus-nose.JPG\" alt=\"hangover\" class=\"left\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a>Ten people were injured Thursday during engine tests of an Airbus 340-600 near the southwestern French city of Toulouse shortly before the jet was scheduled to be delivered to Abu Dhabi-based Etihad. Airbus said nine people on board were injured, along with one person on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>Airbus Chief Operating Officer Fabrice Bregier said late Thursday that seven Etihad employees were among the wounded. &#8220;It was normal for the client to be present on board the plane,&#8221; Bregier said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>You can click on each image to get a closer look.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You might think that facing away from the blast fence and tying down to concrete-reinforced pad eyes would be precautions to take in case your AirBus&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":190,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aviation","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/190"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1590\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}