On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 20:18:56 -0400, nobody wrote:

Another article puts the repair bill at USD$50 million, which I would think
it quite a bit less than it would cost to buy a new one.

You forget about insurance. From what I heard, once the plane was fixed
and put into service, it was quickly sold to some other airline.

You heard wrong - it is still in service with Qantas, it was parked on
the stand next to my flight a few days ago.

Dave

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