Originally posted by: iamwiz82
Originally posted by: Number1
Nobody knows if this plane is salvageable or not but it was done in the past.
A DC 8 that landed in the water was repaired and returned to operation as this wiki article indicates:
Japan Airlines Flight 2 was a flight that was piloted by Captain Kohei Asoh on November 22, 1968.[1] The DC-8 plane was scheduled to land at San Francisco International Airport but Asoh mistakenly landed the plane in the waters of San Francisco Bay, two and a half miles short of the runway.[2][3] None of the 96 passengers or 11 crew were killed or injured in the mishap, and the plane was eventually recovered and refurbished for service. Asoh had served as a flight instructor in the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Second World War and was a 15-year veteran of JAL. He had almost 9,800 hours of flight experience at the time of the accident.[3]
A National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) hearing was called to investigate the reasons behind the accident. Captain Asoh took the stand as first witness and supposedly said, in answer to why he had landed in the bay, "As you Americans say, Asoh fuck up."[4]
He took full responsibility for the accident and refused to blame anyone else or any other circumstances. Following his return to Japan, Asoh was sent to retrain as a co-pilot. Such a frank acceptance of blame has come to be known as the "Asoh Defense". It has been discussed in various books such The Abilene Paradox by Professor Jerry Harvey, publications [5][6] and in company training films.[7]
To be fair, they removed all of the wiring from that fuselage and replaced it, also most of the hydraulics, AC, all of the flight controls, and interior were replaced. So pretty much just the hull was salvaged and reused
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Even more interesting, that plane was finally retired in 2004, after DHL and Airborne Express (who was the current owner) merged.
