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Old 6th Jun 2004, 17:49
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Rumour control has it, that it will be out of service for 2-3 months and cost between $6-8M to repair. Apparently, when it landed on it's open nose gear doors (which looked like a venetian blind afterwards) it forced the whole nose gear bay upwards into the fuse slightly........Oh dear!

Apparently, there was one person slightly injured.....A bag ape was rifling through the galley, eating a lamb chop, when the aircraft dropped he went upwards, banging his head on the galley structure. He reportedly needed a few stitches and I would expect a clean pair of Y-fronts......Mind you, they were probably dirty before the incident anyway!
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