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(24,903 posts) Thu Jan 15, 2015, 01:26 AM Jan 2015

1.5 year old Airbus A330 may be a total loss after service truck hits the nose (pics) (edited) [View all]

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Edit; Thanks to DU'er jmowreader who found out more info on this aircraft Turns out it was delivered in 2013 so it was not a mere 3 months old, as my previous thread title suggested. The airframe is currently in storage according to one of the links provided in jmow's post below. While repair may be possible, that activity does not appear to have begun.

Talk about having a bad day! Surprising that a seemingly minor hit would total the entire aircraft, but the forward pressure bulkhead has been destroyed, so maybe that played into it. $220 million plus aircraft, barely broken in!

The impact;

From the rear of the truck;

Once they pulled the truck away;

In the hangar, nosecone and radar dish removed;

Detail of the damage. The white structure with the black tubing mounted on it is the forward pressure bulkhead. Totally fucked!

Starboard side;

That would definitely ruin your day! I'm betting the truck driver didn't have to show up the next day.

From here;
http://imgur.com/gallery/ApjTk

Found via;
http://flightaware.com/squawks/browse/general/7_days/popular

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1.5 year old Airbus A330 may be a total loss after service truck hits the nose (pics) (edited) [View all] A HERETIC I AM Jan 2015 OP

That'll buff right out. LeftyMom Jan 2015 #1

LOL....from the comments on the imgur link; A HERETIC I AM Jan 2015 #3

Good one!! nt 1bigdude Jan 2015 #41

The scene inside the cab of the catering truck: petronius Jan 2015 #2

LOL! n/t A HERETIC I AM Jan 2015 #4

"Well make up your mind, dude, is he gonna shit or is he gonna kill us?" Warren DeMontague Jan 2015 #21

LOL LOL that is great!!!!! onecent Jan 2015 #56

Do they issue salvage title pink slips for airplanes? Brother Buzz Jan 2015 #5

I can tell you this.... A HERETIC I AM Jan 2015 #7

EXCLUSIVE -- From the truck driver's resume rocktivity Jan 2015 #6

.... A HERETIC I AM Jan 2015 #8

Wish I could hear the conversation in the bottom picture: petronius Jan 2015 #10

Would a crane help? csziggy Jan 2015 #59

OMG. I think I peed my pants. nt Ilsa Jan 2015 #79

YOU made my day!!!!! ROFL onecent Jan 2015 #57

That last picture with the dude on the cell phone got me......I think I would throw my phone in onecent Jan 2015 #58

Former airline employee here, SheilaT Jan 2015 #9

I flew on Mohawk Airlines! DFW Jan 2015 #11

Did you ever fly out of DCA from 1969 until SheilaT Jan 2015 #12

Not impossible DFW Jan 2015 #15

^ -- Born in Arlington n/t A HERETIC I AM Jan 2015 #19

Oh, yes. We must have crossed paths. SheilaT Jan 2015 #27

You should have told me at the time that we would be on DU 45 years later..... n/t DFW Jan 2015 #40

I must not have had my crystal ball with SheilaT Jan 2015 #45

Oh, well DFW Jan 2015 #69

I absolutely remember Mohawk Airlines and the BAC-111's!! A HERETIC I AM Jan 2015 #16

I was ten years a ticket agent at DCA. SheilaT Jan 2015 #46

I flew on a BAC-111 in Nigeria in the early zero's Sen. Walter Sobchak Jan 2015 #33

Slo-Hawk? Throckmorton Jan 2015 #48

I know Mohawk from Mad Men itsrobert Jan 2015 #55

Relax, all right? My old man is a television repairman, he's got this ultimate set of tools. bluesbassman Jan 2015 #13

LOL! n/t A HERETIC I AM Jan 2015 #17

Looks like somebody took a very large can opener to it. NV Whino Jan 2015 #14

Or an ax. n/t A HERETIC I AM Jan 2015 #18

All work and no play makes Jack a dull service truck driver pinboy3niner Jan 2015 #20

....... trusty elf Jan 2015 #22

Round up the usual suspects pinboy3niner Jan 2015 #25

That's one of them new dangled truck-planes. (More like 300 million, btw) Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2015 #23

Fair enough. A HERETIC I AM Jan 2015 #26

And those prices don't include rust proofing, LoJack and mud flaps. Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2015 #29

The material looks to me to be aluminum.... A HERETIC I AM Jan 2015 #64

Yes, it looks aluminum to me but I don't know what the fancy schmancy new carbon fiber .... Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2015 #66

See what Obama made him do?!?!?! NBachers Jan 2015 #24

They'll fix it. Savannahmann Jan 2015 #28

Only if they have somewhere at that airport that they can put it that is affordable. Angleae Jan 2015 #34

After JAL 123? Xithras Jan 2015 #73

Is that aluminum or carbon fiber? Jesus Malverde Jan 2015 #30

Aluminum jmowreader Jan 2015 #37

That will buff out with a little bondo. Jesus Malverde Jan 2015 #38

They do make white duct tape you know... n/t PoliticAverse Jan 2015 #31

Damn malaise Jan 2015 #32

That CAN be repaired. NutmegYankee Jan 2015 #35

Turns out it's more than three weeks old jmowreader Jan 2015 #36

Thanks for that. A HERETIC I AM Jan 2015 #50

I can't believe that he kept driving WhiteTara Jan 2015 #39

Problem is you can't see. MindPilot Jan 2015 #42

But after he hit the plane, wouldn't he notice? WhiteTara Jan 2015 #67

Actually it is entirely possible he wouldn't. MindPilot Jan 2015 #68

Thanks. I was just thinking about a time WhiteTara Jan 2015 #81

years ago i was flying on a charter flight from ohare to cancun-full of weekend packages buyers dembotoz Jan 2015 #43

So I guess they'll just take write-off and order another... Blue_Tires Jan 2015 #44

Thanks for the post. I'll avoid any craigslist deals for a cheap, used Airbus A330 FSogol Jan 2015 #47

The pitot tube Puglover Jan 2015 #49

It will be patched and then sold to some airline in Indonesia. isobar Jan 2015 #51

Wow! Politicalboi Jan 2015 #52

Kind of shocked this doesn't happen more often. tridim Jan 2015 #53

Don't forget poor Jimmie slipped and fell while trying to close the hood! A HERETIC I AM Jan 2015 #61

Not crashing into a 200ft object must be harder than I thought... PersonNumber503602 Jan 2015 #54

How did the driver not notice he was ripping the nose off the plane with his truck? Rex Jan 2015 #60

I'm betting he noticed alright. A HERETIC I AM Jan 2015 #62

That's true, he didn't really cut the nose in half...just the bottom part. Rex Jan 2015 #63

LOL... A HERETIC I AM Jan 2015 #65

"So how was your day at work, Honey?" This reminds me of something I saw in the Navy... cherokeeprogressive Jan 2015 #70

The Prowler is a tough bird. Ever hear about this incident?; A HERETIC I AM Jan 2015 #72

Wow no I haven't seen that! That's some shit right there... cherokeeprogressive Jan 2015 #74

Pardon my off the cuff knowledge of aircraft which stinks! A HERETIC I AM Jan 2015 #75

The answer is "A fucking world of hurt" hifiguy Jan 2015 #71

Agreed, hifiguy mike dub Jan 2015 #76

"Alex, what is the state this truck driver is now in?" A HERETIC I AM Jan 2015 #80

LOL!!! greytdemocrat Jan 2015 #77

A little duct tape will fix anything LiberalArkie Jan 2015 #78