Originally Posted by
Highway1
I would suggest that the A321 will be easier to repair than the A330. Changing the Vertical stab is a fairly easy task (only held on by 6 bolts) - so as long at the fuselage fittings were not over stressed the only thing that will hold up repairs is finding a spare Stab.
The A330 damage to the front spar on the other hand.......
You may well be right - I'm no structures engineer, and the inevitable damage to the wingtip of the A330 is not visible in the video.
I simply wonder if the A321's fin-attachment bolts are designed to fail before the rear fuselage is over-stressed - bearing in mind the proximity of the pressure bulkhead. (For example, I think that philosophy does apply in the case of wing-mounted engine pylons.) But the A321 in this accident suffers a lot of sideways movement as the fin is struck.