""There's not much material or talent down there to do it, so everything would have to be brought in probably from Canada, the parts and everything else,""
""So they'll have to make a careful determination as to the extent of the damage versus what is going to be cost-effective.""
"A WestJet plane made a "hard landing" at an airport in the Caribbean country of St. Maarten, the airline said on Sunday, but no passengers were reported injured."
A WestJet Boeing 737-800 landed roughly on its right landing gear at Princess Juliana International Airport, temporarily shutting the airport. The aircraft was moved off the stop area but remains on the airport tarmac awaiting repair or removal. Limited local materials and skilled technicians on the small island mean parts and specialist labor will likely need to be brought in from abroad. The plane must be moved to a sheltered, powered facility for full inspection to determine salvageability. Repair decisions will depend on the extent of structural and systems damage versus cost-effectiveness; scrapping is a possible outcome.
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