Obviously, they took the wings and tail assembly off it for the trucking.
The airplane sank only partially. The left engine came off and sank in 65 feet of water.
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It was judged to be a write-off, although one salvage company claimed that, if it had been salvaged properly, it could have been repaired for only $20m, a third the cost of a new airplane.
 At the Carolinas Air Museum with wings and tail reattached |