dumb french pilots

[sniper7]

http://travel.usatoday.com/flights/p...ision/155560/1

http://travel.usatoday.com/flights/p...hotos/155668/1


air france a380 clips the tail of a comair crj700 in JFK. makes the RJ look like a toy airplane getting swiped by a kids hand or something!

[DFBrews]

http://travel.usatoday.com/flights/p...ision/155560/1

http://travel.usatoday.com/flights/p...hotos/155668/1


air france a380 clips the tail of a comair crj700 in JFK. makes the RJ look like a toy airplane getting swiped by a kids hand or something!

Wonder how many change of pants happened in that "little plane"

[opie011]

Im using my phone right but I think there's a video of this posted earlier in the funny video thread.

[68Charger]

maybe if he drove a Suburban rather than a Citroen, he'd be used to a vehicle that throws it's weight around...

seriously tho, someone needs more training.

[2008f450]

I saw a news clip that said the smaller plane was to blame. Said he stopped short on his taxi way.

[Irving]

I think the biggest plane I've ever been on is the size of the small plane. Hard to tell from the video. That big plane looks HUGE.

[sniper7]

I saw a news clip that said the smaller plane was to blame. Said he stopped short on his taxi way.

Still no excuse to beat the poor little guy up!
I haven't heard anything as to whose fault it was.

[opie011]

I think the biggest plane I've ever been on is the size of the small plane. Hard to tell from the video. That big plane looks HUGE.

I heard on the news that each wing on the big plane is equivalent to a 23 story building!

[Ranger]

Isn't this an tautology? Is there a time where FRENCH is not the same as DUMB? It all works: French Fries -aka- dumb fries (even though this was invented by Thomas Jefferson for a state dinner).

Gotta love the French .

[Bailey Guns]

I heard some preliminary speculation (from pilots) that the RJ pilot did not move far enough off the taxiway in use by the A380 and might be considered at fault. It seems to me, though, (and I'm not a pilot...didn't even stay in a Holiday Inn Express last night) the A380 pilot should have used a little more caution when passing by the RJ. I've heard there are only 4 A380s in service right now so the experience level with moving them around airports is pretty low.

Here's an interesting size comparison:

The Spruce Goose, An225, A380 and 747