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Steelhead wrote:At YHM it took KF Aerospace one full day to scrap a parted out B-727 and two full days for a DC-10 (engines and many parts removed)
Tn55337 wrote:I was wondering on average how long it takes to scrap an aircraft?
GalaxyFlyer wrote:I scrapped not one, but two planes in about 100 miilseconds. A near head-on mid-collision is marvelously efficient in terms of time savings. They removed both in a couple of dump trucks, also efficient.GF
BravoOne wrote:Somewhere there is a video of Honeywell's B720B being scrapped on the ramp in PHX. From start to finish, I think it was about 3 calendar days.
Aesma wrote:Airbus along with a scrapping company has worked on ways to dismantle aircraft in an environmentally friendly way, it takes much more time but you get more money from the scrap.
GalaxyFlyer wrote:I scrapped not one, but two planes in about 100 miilseconds. A near head-on mid-collision is marvelously efficient in terms of time savings. They removed both in a couple of dump trucks, also efficient.
GF