Younger Aircraft Being Disassembled For Their Parts

Credit: Chateauroux Air Center
Hundreds of commercial transports will be disassembled and parted out this year to feed airline demand for lower-cost parts and components in the face of rising fuel prices. But unlike 10 or 15 years ago, when most of the airframes torn down had reached the end of their useful lives, increasingly...

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