Lomapaseo wrote -With all this talk about engine damage vs aircraft damage in the millions, maybe a definition of what is an engine part not covered is in order.
Just a guess (I didn't write the insurance spec). The part that goes to the GE shop is the engine. The parts that make up the nacelle and pylon that are heat damage are aircraft parts. It might make mucho million dollars difference in the insurance costs.
The definition of an engine generally means all of those parts required to run the engine on a test stand. Different policies have different definitions but this is generally the rule of thumb.
So the engine will include the core engine, the QEC and accessories, the nose cowl, fan cowls and thrust reversers. All these are required on a high bypass engine (although the test cell will use their own equipment).
Pylon will be airframe in this case.
So quite a lot of dollars there for someone to pay for! GE maybe?
As for it being a write off, no idea. It would'nt surprise me with the age of the aircraft etc. although if a lot of the damage is superficial and there is no main spar damage etc. it might be quite economic to repair.