Originally Posted by Rainboe
Wow- anything up to 8 psi over that area of opening, which is enormous- it must have gone with a wallop! Deformation of the nose area- I would think a complete change of everything in front of the forward passenger door area. With all the electronics bay area around the nose gear well......probably easier to use as spares and build a new one! (that is a joke if anybody takes it too seriously)
But is it really a joke?. Would you want to pay for a brand new aircraft that must have suffered secondary, tertiary damage after a pressure failure? Repairs like this can cause the aircraft to become a regular "Hangar Queen" for it's entire life