March 21, 200818 yr Longreach was quite badly damaged in a crash-overrun at Bangkok in 1999 during a t-storm, but I read that she was repaired at a cost of $100 million which was huge. Is Longreach still flying? Is that Queen still safe to fly after such damage?Makes me wonder if BA will try to repair their 777 from the Heathrow crash a couple of months ago. I saw that poor baby recently with wingroots ripped and wondered when do airline folks decide something is a write-off and when it can still be repaired?JS Jonathan Sacks Dell XPS Gen 4, Pentium IV Northwood extreme 3.8Ghz, 3Ghz RAM, eVGA 7900 GTO, 12 GoFlight modules plus MCP-PRO AP and EFIS, GF pedestal, CH rudder pedals, CH throttle quadrant, 42" LG LED, 24" DELL LCD, Windows XP, FS2004, FSUIPC 3.96 FS Autostart 1.1 (Build 11), FS Navigator 4.6, UT, FE, GE, REX, PMDG, Level-D, PSS, etc.
March 21, 200818 yr G'day JS,The aircraft was repaired to save QANTAS' reputation of never having lost an aircraft. Although the damage was substantial it was quite repairable and the aircraft is just as safe as any other B747 BA however don't have a reputation of not losing an aircraft to protect and from the damage the B777 recieved it may not be ecconomic to repair.Econonmic benefit is the guideline and I guess Qantas thought their reputation was well worth the $100 million.Roger Cheers, Roger http://forum.avsim.net/public/styles_images/flags/au.png
March 22, 200818 yr BA (or their insurers, or maybe the British AAIB) decided very quickly after the crash to write off the aircraft.That decision was made in hours, days at most.
March 22, 200818 yr Mmmm.... Mabye we should 'club together' and make an offer for the flightdeck:-) Windows 10 (x64) - X-Plane 11 - M/B: Asus ROG Maximus IX Hero - CPU: i7 7700k (@5.0GHz) - RAM: 32Gb Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 @ 3200MHz - Video: GTX1080ti - Cooling: Custom water loop (EK 140 Revo D5 pump/res combo, EK EVO CPU block, EK XE360 Rad)
March 22, 200818 yr The BAA/BA should move the bashed-up 777 farther away from 27L now because you can see the bird easily as you taxi out for takeoff. It's a rather sad sight--and not too reassuring!JS Jonathan Sacks Dell XPS Gen 4, Pentium IV Northwood extreme 3.8Ghz, 3Ghz RAM, eVGA 7900 GTO, 12 GoFlight modules plus MCP-PRO AP and EFIS, GF pedestal, CH rudder pedals, CH throttle quadrant, 42" LG LED, 24" DELL LCD, Windows XP, FS2004, FSUIPC 3.96 FS Autostart 1.1 (Build 11), FS Navigator 4.6, UT, FE, GE, REX, PMDG, Level-D, PSS, etc.
March 22, 200818 yr You mean they've still not moved it indoors?Guess there's some legal battle going on as to who's to pay for the removal, BA, the wreckers, BAA, or the insurance company...
March 22, 200818 yr She was still out there by the runway when I flew back to IAD a coupla weeks ago and I was surprised to see it there. Mebbe it's gone by now, don't know.JS Jonathan Sacks Dell XPS Gen 4, Pentium IV Northwood extreme 3.8Ghz, 3Ghz RAM, eVGA 7900 GTO, 12 GoFlight modules plus MCP-PRO AP and EFIS, GF pedestal, CH rudder pedals, CH throttle quadrant, 42" LG LED, 24" DELL LCD, Windows XP, FS2004, FSUIPC 3.96 FS Autostart 1.1 (Build 11), FS Navigator 4.6, UT, FE, GE, REX, PMDG, Level-D, PSS, etc.
March 22, 200818 yr Author One of the airplanes I fly at work had both wings torn off from a stiff landing. It has strange characteristics when it stalls and it has scared more then it's fair share of students :) Chris Miller
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