What are they talking about? There will be an engineering team out there today, assessing damage and sorting out an initial shopping list. Odds of getting back in the air- 95%....in 3 months? Engineers themselves are not good judges- look at the way car mechanics make that sucking in sound through the teeth and shake their heads, as if it is terminal....and all you need is your timing belt changed!
Busbert- for an education, you should look up the pictures of the Qantas 747. Worse than this.
Ex-as-per-at-ed-To make very angry or impatient; annoy greatly!
(for the benefit of Moderators with little patience!)