Back on December 2. The aircraft in question, an Airbus A330-200 with the registration of N288AY, has not flown since. Looks like a cleaning truck tried to go around the front of the plane but hit the aircraft’s nose instead, rupturing the jet’s forward pressure bulkhead in the process. You can see the pictures here — it’s not pretty (NSFW language in comments).
Bonus thought: The aircraft is very likely repairable but it’s going to cost multiple millions of dollars. The fact that the plane is only 1.5 years old makes the repair worth doing. That level of damage would be a total loss if the plane were 15 or 20 years old.
Update: Latest rumors I’m hearing are the damage is even more extensive that it appears from the photos. If that’s correct, then the level of damage may be high enough to make repairing the plane cost prohibitive. Even if it is worth repairing, if repairs stretch to May (or longer), it will impact US Airways’ summer European schedule.
