They made the first cut through the fueslage just forward of the R2 door so that the whole tail section broke away, they then cut through the tail above where engine 3 was to seperate it into two sections and then seperately crushed each section up. They then cut up the right wing followed by the left wing, they cut the wing up in half, they had to stop after they started cutting through the left wing as when they went through the fuel tank it was discovered there was still fuel in the tank (even though they had been drained and vented for some weeks) they used 'kitty litter' to absorb the fuel before continuing to remove the left wing, once the wings were removed it was a matter of just cutting through the forward fueslage they started above the floor and worked through the upper section first before crushing through the lower section of the fueslage.
There is more bad news on the B727 front with VH-VLH to finish flying at the end of this month, she is due for a C check and whist it is decided weather it is worth the cost to proceed with the C check or not she will be parked up against the fence at JH, VH-VLI will continue to fly.
Enjoy the pictures it was very overcast in MEL today so sorry they are dark.
