Ohhh that's gotta hurt! (bent Boeing)

Quite a landing! I'll bet that was a bumpy ride in the cabin, even more so on the flightdeck.

I was surprised by the number of commenters that assumed the plane was a writeoff. Of coarse I don't know the full extent of the damage, but the fuselage repair looks fairly straightforward. I used to build 767s so I know that skin panels are delivered from the vendor (in Japan) with stringers and frames already attached, you just need to determine how many need replacing. That's the beauty of the monocoque airframe, each panel carries its load itself. In theory you could go all the way around the circumference a couple panels at a time without having to actually disturb too much of the interior structure and systems.

I've seen some pretty extensive repairs done on airliners, there's really no part on one of those that can't be repaired or replaced.
 
Ah, no biggie, those 67's were freebies to ANA anyway.........

The real sell will be when Boeing fixes it and tries to unload it on the next user. I can just see their faces when they go thru the maintenance logs.
 
pfflyers said:
Quite a landing! I'll bet that was a bumpy ride in the cabin, even more so on the flightdeck.

I was surprised by the number of commenters that assumed the plane was a writeoff. Of coarse I don't know the full extent of the damage, but the fuselage repair looks fairly straightforward. I used to build 767s so I know that skin panels are delivered from the vendor (in Japan) with stringers and frames already attached, you just need to determine how many need replacing. That's the beauty of the monocoque airframe, each panel carries its load itself. In theory you could go all the way around the circumference a couple panels at a time without having to actually disturb too much of the interior structure and systems.

I've seen some pretty extensive repairs done on airliners, there's really no part on one of those that can't be repaired or replaced.
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I did not know they could do this. Very interesting.

Looks like his brakes were on after touch down, dropping the nose like a meteor. I think he came in high and tried to hard to put it down. Scary......!
 
As Flanders and Swan once said, that's why they're called Boeings, ... boing, boing, boing.

Sorry, had to say it.
 
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