Airbus A340-600 crash, Nov 15, 2007, Toulouse-Blagnac
Airbus A340-600 accident on November 15, 2007 near Toulouse-Blagnac, Haute-Garonne, France with no fatalities. Cause: The test was run without chocks...
- Date: November 15, 2007
- Aircraft: Airbus A340-600
- Location: Toulouse-Blagnac, Haute-Garonne, France
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Parked
- Cause: The test was run without chocks and on all four engines at once, with thrust close to the capacity of the parking brake. Organisational factors, including the lack of a system to detect and correct drift during ground tests and schedule pressure, led to the test being carried out outside the established procedures.
An Airbus A340-600 undergoing a ground test at Toulouse-Blagnac was run on all four engines without wheel chocks. After a high-power run, the aircraft began to move forward and accelerated despite braking, and it struck an inclined blast wall. Its nose section broke and the aircraft overturned. All nine occupants were injured, four seriously.