p.s. Any decision on the viability of repairs vs. write-off of the LAS T7 will obviously be made by folk with high pay grades at BA, but I do remember they repaired a 747 at BGI (in the open air!) with superficially very similar damage after a refuelling incident that went very pear-shaped - thinking it was around '79..
Nightowl: this repair will be done in "the open air" here at LAS. Said aircraft will be relocacted to a slightly different pad (for a variety of reasons) and the aircraft is all prepped, waiting for the AOG folks to arrive and start their round the clock shifts.......
Weatherwise, it's the beginning of fall/autumn here and even today the temps are in the high 90s (~37*C)......best part of the year here is late September and October
