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How Not To Show Off An A380

September 4, 2007 at 9:15 AM | by | Comment (1)

What's the dumbest thing to do with a plane when you've got VIPs and journalists on board one of its maiden flights? Crash. But that's kinda what the crew managed to do at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport over the weekend.

"Crash" could be taking things a bit too far, but scraping the tip of your aircraft's wing against a building doesn't give a good impression either. The plane sustained only minor damage and was able to fly four hours later, and the "Asian roadshow" of the A380 is continuing. Hopefully with pilots who didn't get their training at LAX.

Related Stories:
· New Airbus A380 Scrapes Wing in Bangkok [AP]
· Airbus A380 coverage [Jaunted]

[Photo: Ian Fuller]

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the aircraft was been pushed back at the time and it was human error of the ground staff not the pilots.
12q on September 5, 2007 at 2:49 AM #Permalink

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