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A HERETIC I AM

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26. Fair enough.

Thu Jan 15, 2015, 04:24 AM

Jan 2015

Unit cost
A330-200: US$221.7 million, €163.9 million (2014)[3]
A330-300: US$245.6M, €181.5M (2014)[3]
A330-200F: US$224.8M, €166.1M (2014)[3]

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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