Themightydude From United States of America, joined Jul 2008, 28 posts, RR: 0 Posted (4 years 8 months 3 weeks 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 5464 times:
I'm watching a show on TV right now "World's Toughest Fixes"
They are repairing a 767-300ER that was backed into a blast barrier at CDG.
They have covered up the logos and what not for the show so I can't tell what airline it is..was just wondering if anyone knew.
from the bottom of the tail, it is covered with green paint..then a white stripe, then rest of the tail to the top is red...there is also a long thick green line running down the side of the aircraft.
It's not Alitalia..not eva air.
Just wondering if anyone know which airline this is?
Themightydude From United States of America, joined Jul 2008, 28 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (4 years 8 months 3 weeks 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 5431 times:
Nope..not Emirates.
Also the green strip doesn't go down the whole airplane...I was wrong...it only goes down about a quarter of the way.
It also comes over the top of the fuselage as well until it ends..whenit ends, it becomes to be striped vertically..so it goes from solid green, to vertical green line...white..vertical green line..white..that is on the fuselage.
Themightydude From United States of America, joined Jul 2008, 28 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (4 years 8 months 3 weeks 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 5431 times:
Forgot to add this, but its not alitalia I don't think...from the alitalia tails I've seen, they're close, but don't match.
Themightydude From United States of America, joined Jul 2008, 28 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (4 years 8 months 3 weeks 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 5384 times:
Themightydude From United States of America, joined Jul 2008, 28 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (4 years 8 months 3 weeks 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 5376 times:
I should of searched this forum first...I found another post similar to mine..
Alitalia744 From United States of America, joined Mar 2000, 4670 posts, RR: 45 Reply 7, posted (4 years 8 months 3 weeks 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 5323 times:
Pilotboi From United States of America, joined Sep 2007, 2366 posts, RR: 10 Reply 9, posted (4 years 8 months 3 weeks 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 4539 times:
I just watched that a few hours ago (gotta love DVRs). I found it very interesting! We can be sure that someone lost their job because of that accident.
Themightydude From United States of America, joined Jul 2008, 28 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (4 years 8 months 3 weeks 2 days 21 hours ago) and read 4068 times:
No doubt...I couldn't imagine a $5.1 million price tag.
Wonder how much Boeing charges for labor on that job.
Litz From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 1745 posts, RR: 0 Reply 11, posted (4 years 8 months 3 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 3335 times:
HM's S7-AHM is indeed the aircraft involved in the repair.
I'd opened a thread on this when the show was airing, but it apparently vanished ... (shrug)
The only photo of the accident appears to be on jetphotos.net, here :
Shown in the show is the removal of the rudder, removal of the entire tail, the removal and replacement of the pressure dome, and then the reassembly. Very interesting!
The host, a professional rigger by trade, apparently was actually involved and helped with the rigging/cranework during the repair (unlike many of today's "reality" tv show hosts).
The repair took place, btw, in the old Concorde hangar at CDG, with all aircraft logos and identifying information completely covered.
Of note, the show went out of its way to point out that the repair -- when finished -- returned the aircraft to an as-rolled-out-of-the-factory condition, certified by the Boeing techs who performed the repair.
(and remember, unlike the JAL dome fix, this repair replaced, not patched, the dome)
797 From Venezuela, joined Aug 2005, 1824 posts, RR: 26 Reply 12, posted (4 years 8 months 3 weeks 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 3189 times:
You guys rule,
I watched that show over two weeks ago and wondered the same thing. I even got to think it was a VIP 763.
Incredible to see how such a small accident can force the airline to bring special Boeing techs to remove the whole tail, add a big bubble-styled thing to keep the pressure even, and take an airplane out of service for so long!
That's what makes aviation such a wonderful thing. I realized how symmetric the airplanes are in this program... it's all about perfection.
Thanks!
Flying isn't dangerous. Crashing is what's dangerous!
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