The QF incident cost $140 million to repair, a considerable proportion of the aircrafts $390 million price tag. The repair took eight months but the aircraft was grounded for eighteen months due to hangar availability. Structural damage was considerable including the forward spar. The incident also led to the wing crack problem being discovered. RR paid $95 million in compensation for schedule disruption.
AIRBUS were keen not to have a write off. Had the aircraft been an old A340 it would probably have been scrapped.