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US A330 hit by truck in CLT
Per a poster at Reddit, a CLT cleaning truck hit N288AY in the nose section, and the airframe is likely a total loss. Pictures included.
http://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/com...ng_crew_truck/ Airframe in question: http://www.planespotters.net/Product...US-Airways.php |
Here are the pictures.
http://m.imgur.com/a/ApjTk Can't say it looks like a total loss, certainly significant repairs. |
Yikes
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I remember a quote from a tug driver, who towed 744s, when asked "what happens if the plane hits anything?" his response- "go directly to your locker, empty it out, pick up a paper on the way home and look for a new career."
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Originally Posted by Exec_Plat
(Post 24120675)
I remember a quote from a tug driver, who towed 744s, when asked "what happens if the plane hits anything?" his response- "go directly to your locker, empty it out, pick up a paper on the way home and look for a new career."
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As AA and US still have distinct fleets, I'll move this to the pre-consolidation US Airways forum.
~Moderator |
Looking at the pictures, total loss - no, significant repairs - yes.
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From reddit , if true damage may be worse than it looks.
My father in law works at US Airways (PHL) and showed me these photos of a 3 month old Airbus that was hit by a cleaning crew truck. I don't know all the details of the plane. He just told me that it's in the hangar in Charlotte NC and they are waiting for *Airbus people to inspect the airframe. He also said that the cockpit windows won't open and the front door doesn't close completely as if the frame is bent. This plane has a price tag of around *$200,000,000 USD. |
Airbus technicians will have the final say in this situation. If it can be repaired, it will be.
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Well, just about anything is repairable with enough money, the question is whether it's an economical repair, which will in part be a decision done with the relevant insurers. The driver was apparently employed by a vendor, so there's probably liability insurance at play there as well.
But for a 17 month old widebody with a (list) price around $200 million, I suspect they'll try to repair it. These things tend to have 15+ year service lives so I doubt it's been depreciated so much as to not repair unless the cost exceeds its current value. |
woah, thats not pretty. Can't believe this actually happened. No texting and driving applies to the Tarmac as well.
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According to Airbus, the average 2014 list price for a new A332 was about $222 million, but I doubt that even US pays anywhere near list price. Perhaps $140 million or so. Rumours are that Airbus has been offering serious discounts on current model A330s in light of the upcoming neo versions.
Repairs to airplanes around the pressure bulkhead are far more serious than rebuilding an automobile, so I suspect that Airbus will argue for caution (scrapping rather than repair) as it will undoubtedly be on the hook should the repairs ever fail. The vendor's insurance carrier(s) will no doubt argue that some new sheet metal and some paint and this problem will "buff right out." My prediction is that US eventually orders a replacement plane and the insurance carrier(s) will experience a very costly loss. |
From the first link:
"I just got a phone call from the father in law. He told me that he could get into some hot water for sharing these photos." |
Originally Posted by LivelyFL
(Post 24121475)
From the first link:
"I just got a phone call from the father in law. He told me that he could get into some hot water for sharing these photos." One seemingly competent comment recently posted to that thread claims scrapping to be pretty unlikely: https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/co..._truck/cnhsekp |
Isn't this the same frame that was recently hit by a truck in the same area of the frame but in PHL? Or is this old news of the same incident?
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