Two Northwest Airlines jets wedged together after colliding near a gate at the Twin Cities airport Tuesday night were separated early this morning and await inspection by National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators.
A Northwest DC-9 crashed into a larger Northwest Airbus, tearing the roof off the DC-9's cockpit, injuring at least eight people and sending passengers scrambling for safety.
Three of the accident victims were taken to the Hennepin County Medical Center. One person remains hospitalized and is in satisfactory condition, a hospital spokeswoman said at 10 a.m. Wednesday. Two other people from the accident were treated and released, she said.
The roof of the DC-9 cockpit was peeled back 6 to 8 feet where it slid under the right wing of the Airbus 319. The center of the DC-9's fuselage ended up under the tail section of the Airbus.
If this incident had involved two B787 aircraft, I would like to know how the repair work would be carried out and at what cost. Am still a little sceptical as to how a full carbon fiber fuselage will turn out to be, in these situations.
They will probably toss both planes after they sell the parts to other airlines....and then write them off. It cost more in labor to pay the people to work the planes!
