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Spirit Airlines ceased operations on May 2nd after a 34-year run. It was sad to see the airline go under and I was a fan of its Big Front Seats (later First Class). Watching a yellow plane being ripped apart by construction equipment is even sadder.
@aviationbrk posted the above video of a spirit Airbus A320neo being scrapped for parts. The aircraft is only four years old and the dismantling is happening at Phoenix Goodyear Airport (GYR). Thanks to the original author and some commenters, I learned that the aircraft (registered as N950NK) last flew in 2024 before going into storage. It was recently sold for parts. While this aircraft might have been stored before the airline failed, it was put in storage after things started going down hill and what I’m sure other Spirit planes will face.
Anthony’s Take: Spirit’s fleet is being repositioned, returned, scrapped, and going to new homes. The yellow planes will only be yellow for a short time and then the airline (like so many others) will be a memory.
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You got taken in with bait and then turned it into your own clickbait.
See the readers note on the X post.
This has nothing to do with their bankruptcy, this plane was already at its end of life and was slated to be scrapped since 2024, which was the last time it flew. Misleading article.
But it’s true that the plane is less than five year old. Unfortunately, shortages of parts and engines for Airbus narrow-body jets have made a plane like this more valuable when dismantled and parted out than as an airworthy aircraft. While it’s sad to see the airframe torn apart, everything of value had already been stripped from it, including its wings and control surfaces as well as engines, avionics, interior, etc.
‘this plane was already at its end of life’ is something of a misleading statement. It has been re-purposed. These planes are built to fly much longer than 5 years.
If the original purpose was to fly and it was bought for scrap then, obviously, it was at the end of its useful life, as a plane. It began its useful life as a parts bin.
Whoever had the lien on the airplane decides what is the best thing based on where they can get the most money.
you sure video is not AI generated. a 4yr old plane getting destroyed doesn’t seem right.
This is all AI. Notice how thin these aircraft walls are in the fuselage. This is a fake video. Sorry, but you all got duped.