"Transat (TSC) 44" departing for the paint shop in Spokane, Washington this afternoon, as the first flight since November 2022 for this A321LR. Having undergone major repairs after the aircraft collied with the pushback while under tow after the towbar failed and bent in half. Repairs were finished months ago but P&W engine issues had kept this aircraft grounded here for over a year. Nice to see it finally take flight again and close out this 15 month long saga.

Nose job complete, our resident Transat A321 sits out back the AC South hangar awaiting engines, and later test flights.

After having a little incident with some ground service equipment a week and a half ago, this near new A321 is now grounded here until further notice. If you zoom in you can get a good look at the damaged caused. It keeps getting towed back and forth down to the Air Canada hangar, so I assume they will be the ones repairing it.