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Old Mar 20, 2025 | 10:38 pm
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Originally Posted by ceieoc
On March 19, 2025, a baggage cart hit an AA aircraft wing at Philadelphia (PHL), causing a crack. I don't know what AA flight this was, but I don't think the cracked wing damage will buff out. Will AA use speed tape or superglue to repair the damage, or will AA replace an entire aircraft wing?

View the video:

https://6abc.com/post/american-airli...port/16056200/
Obvious damage is to a spoiler, not the wing itself, so that’s a relatively easy fix. You dismount the spoiler, inspect the hinges and controls, remount and balance a replacement and voila. There will probably need to be other inspections to verify nothing in the wing itself was damaged, but that looks pretty minor.
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