tdracer
Comparing those to the published pictures of the Ethiopian airplane, notice forward of the aft door, there are a few windows and then a 'missing' window? The 'missing' window is the break where the fuselage pieces are joined. At least externally, the worst of the fire damage appears to be aft of that joint.
Just looking back at the original photos of the incident and what tdracer has confirmed, that the missing window was a join. It does appear that the area of damage extends forward of this joint, and you can see a 'band' of where the charring hasn't penetrated the outer layer - presumably where either the reinforcement ring is. Given this is a highly stressed area, could they be looking at 2 sections "if" they end up replacing rather than repairing....?
Either way, it should be fun (not) for them working under canvas if the hard winter forcasts are correct.
