On Nov 17, 10:10 am, "Darkwing" theducksmail"AT"yahoo.com wrote:
"Phil" wrote in message

...

An Airbus A340 jumped its wheel chocks and broke the tie-down chains
during an engine test, then leaped forward and into a concrete
barrier. The entire nose section broke off. The crew was injured,
but thankfully no one was killed. Brand new airplane with exactly one
flight in the log. Now it's a write-off.

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1293784/M/

Damn! I bet someone is looking for a new job today.

Yea, but he has 6 months to worry about it; he's in France.

-Robert