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Any Official News About Saudia´s Damaged 743?

Na From Germany, joined Dec 1999, 9603 posts, RR: 10
Posted (11 years 8 months 2 weeks 6 days 5 hours ago) and read 919 times:

10 days after a Saudia B747-368 was driven into a ditch at Kuala Lumpur and severely damaged there´s still no official statement whether the aircraft will be an insurance write-off or not.
Or have I overseen something?

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Zizou From Australia, joined Oct 2000, 1527 posts, RR: 5
Reply 1, posted (11 years 8 months 2 weeks 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 888 times:

I think most likely it will be written off. The damgage is that bad, it is not worthwhile to reapair it.

Ceilidh From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 2, posted (11 years 8 months 2 weeks 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 867 times:

The word from Saudi management - and my insurance broker in London - is that it's a constructive total loss. They should be able to recover quite a bit of value from the parts - including engines - though.

EBOS From Belgium, joined Jul 2001, 520 posts, RR: 51
Reply 3, posted (11 years 8 months 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 820 times:

A shot of HZ-AIO taken two days before the incident in Kuala Lumpur...

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