Swiss to remove damaged plane on floating pontoon from London City Airport
24.09.07
Swiss International Air Lines and its insurers have decided to repair the BAe Systems Avro RJ100 which was heavily damaged in a hard landing incident at London City Airport last month, Flight International reports. An airline spokesman told the aviation news organisation: 'The final decision has been taken to repair it.'
The aircraft is a 7 year old RJ100 registered HB-IYU and owned by Zurich-based Anson Aircraft. As previously reported, it was operating from Geneva with 93 passengers and crew when it made the hard landing on 18 August. It suffered a tail scrape, cracks and severe damage during the landing.
The spokesman said that early evaluations suggest the repair work will take approximately 14 weeks. He declined to comment on the cost of the work and declined to comment on the cause of the incident, which is subject to an ongoing investigation.
Due to space and maintenance constraints at London City Airport the aircraft must be moved off-airport to perform the repair work. The spokesman says it will be towed onto a marine pontoon and floated a short distance along the Thames river to the north Royal Dock area.
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