Originally Posted by
alexb757
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.
Sounds like the 1983 incident where an incorrectly connected nozzle came off the hose during refuelling, spraying a hot engine with fuel and resulting in fire damage to the engine(s) and wing.
Total repair cost was around $10m in 1983 prices. Must have been a -100 or -200. If the latter, then it would have been at least 10 years younger at the time than the Vegas 777, with a further 18 years of flying for BA ahead of it.