How to iron a wrinkle out of aluminum?

TangoWhiskey

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So, if you land your 767 really hard, and wrinkle the fuselage, can you just iron that right out? :yikes: Happened earlier this week at Narita.

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20 minutes around 1 pm 20 Sun, (193 passengers and crew) All Nippon Airways Boeing 767 flight 956 from Beijing, at the time of landing big swing to the Narita Airport, damaged a portion of the fuselage on impact when landing. There was no injury to the occupant guests - It. Discovered the injury had been a mechanic inspect the aircraft after landing. Have been modified as wing forward fuselage on both sides undulate.
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TangoWhiskey said:
Remove puckered pants, replace with new unpuckered pants.

That's going to be an expensive repair...
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I don't give better than 50% on being repaired, lots of solid planes sitting on ramps unused & off lease. It'll depend on where it's at in cycles and stage checks.
 
Henning said:
I don't give better than 50% on being repaired, lots of solid planes sitting on ramps unused & off lease. It'll depend on where it's at in cycles and stage checks.
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AA had this happen with two of their 767s. Bolted angle iron on the outside, spanning across the wrinkle and bolted through the skin to steel plates inside. Good for one takeoff, one landing only. Flew them to Tulsa and repaired there by replacing the entire section. Took a while... Biggest delay was waiting on custom center sections from the Japan factory with AA's polished aluminum exterior.
 
There was a 767-300 sitting on the ramp at Punta Cana for six months as a result of almost identical damage. It was operated by a Canadian charter or low cost vacation outfit and had only had the planea few weeks. Boeing came down, pored a concrete pad, constructed an aluminum and frabric "temporary" hangar and then fixed the aircraft. I'm sure it was tough duty for the mechanics sent down to accomplish the repair.
 
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