British Airways Incident at Johannesburg
Standing up one of the Victorville aircraft isn't an easy task. Interiors are stripped and many components are removed / robbed to add to the material stock @ LHR or keep the in service fleet flying. Also the ones in storage are all (as far as I remember) due heavy checks soon.
For the poster who asked whether BA do a C or a D check, the answer is both, just depends what stage of maintenance check is next due.
Would certainly be a big repair. One of the older guys at work told me they rebuilt a 707 wing in the BOAC days out in HKG !
Safe flying
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