Truck rams Concorde, knocks off its nose in New York

Truck rams Concorde, knocks off its nose in New York

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Story Published: Jul 8, 2008 at 8:22 AM PST

Story Updated: Nov 20, 2008 at 9:50 PM PST

By Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) - An embarrassed museum official says a two-week nose job should reverse the damage a Concorde supersonic jet suffered when a truck rammed it.

The retired Concorde is normally on display at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum. It has been at a recreational facility in Brooklyn while the USS Intrepid and its home pier in Manhattan are repaired and renovated.

Early July 1, a truck hauling equipment away from a Jamaican soccer-and-cricket festival bumped into the Concorde's distinctive nose and knocked it off. Museum President Bill White says the cone is salvageable and will be reattached and repaired to original standards.

White is apologizing to British Airways, which owns the jet. He says the recreational facility should have provided better security for the plane.

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