Originally Posted by Stranger
... But I seem to recall that they crashed a 330 with loss of all on board during testing not that long ago.
The one where they purposely loaded the aircraft dangerously tail heavy, then cut an engine on take off while purposely holding it in a near stall attitude?
It wasn't the airplanes fault. It already had flown over 350 hours in testing. The maneuver was best left for simulator tests.