Originally Posted by
FWAAA
Too bad the CRJ200 suffered such trivial damage - it's likely repairable.
It takes a lot to kill a CRJ. In 1997, AC managed to wrap one around a tree in an uncontrolled landing at YFC.
http://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-re...1/a97h0011.asp
That aircraft was not repaired.
Glad this incident didn't result in that level of damage, because some pax would have been badly injured, in that case.