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Old Jun 18, 2009 | 7:38 pm
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Originally Posted by YVR Cockroach
Very impressive, repairing a plane that's not off the drawing board yet.

$100m repair bill for damaged Air Emirates A350
Perhaps this will the "ground breaking" for new airbus A350. Patch up an A345 with 5 kilos of carbon fiber, call it a 350 and launch in the UAE! The UAE loves old Airbus. Jolly good luck
Tally Ho!

PS typical news reporting on avation...
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