[basicplus2]

Lets hope they scrap that aircraft..

i could not find a reference but i remember an incident where an aircraft only scraped its backend on take off and repairs were made, but years later the aircraft was lost with everyone on board after cracks propagated up and around and the aircraft lost its whole tale section

[aaronmdjones]

Those incidents (CAL611, JAL123) only happened because the repair was completed improperly to begin with and subsequently missed by every inspection.

There's no reason the aircraft can't be properly repaired, and be as strong as it was when it was delivered. The Boeing Structural Repair Manual is very precise. It was just ignored.

[AdrianB1]

The problem here is that the plane climbed risking catastrophic depressurization - you cannot repair in flight, you need to land first for that.

[azernik]

GP was proposing scrapping the aircraft, which is not necessary for ground repairs.

[darren_]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Airlines_Flight_611

22 years later!

[hugh-avherald]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Airlines_Flight_123

Worst single-aircraft disaster in history.