Originally Posted by
Mooncrest
Ladies and gents, I think all this speculation about the fate of Alpha India is premature. How about sitting tight and seeing what occurs ? I don't know about anyone else but I haven't seen any photographs of the damage to the aircraft, so on I'm in no position to come out with glib statements pertaining to buffing out, unpressurised flights to the breaker's yard and so on.
I have seen photos and it wont buff out and it appears the pressure bulkhead is involved. I hope to be proved wrong, but when the value of the airframe versus the cost of repair is considered well who knows what the outcome will be?