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Old 17th Jan 2009, 13:49
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"It will be scrapped. When they get it out of the water serious structural damage to the lower 48 section will be apparent. In past such events the skin is torn open and frames trashed."

Highly likely that it will be scrapped, however reuse of aircraft involved in similar ditchings is not without precedent. JAL DC-8 ditched in SFO bay was salvaged, flown for years by United and continues in service today
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