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" Things briefly looked grim for Iron Maiden&amp;#039;s Ed Force One, a modified Boeing 747-400 that recently was damaged in a towing accident on a runway in Chile. But never fear, Hessians.\u00A0The Boeing is back after some pretty hefty repairs, just a week\u00A0and\u00A0a\u00A0half after its initial accident. In a post on Facebook, the band laid out the repair. The port side engines were damaged and had to be replaced entirely. The new\u00A011,000-lb., $4 million engines had to be flown in from Luxembourg on an entirely different retrofitted 747. Cowlings (the ring on the outside of the engine) and thrust reversers (a part at the back of the jet engine) had to be shipped as well.\u00A0 A team of engineers worked round the clock this weekend to hoist and mount the new engines. Of course, one major feature was by no means overlooked: putting the band&amp;#039;s infamous mascot Eddie back on the engine, which was the last step in the process.\u00A0 &amp;quot;The speed and thoroughness of this incredibly complex operation was stunning and we are so very pleased to get our plane back,&amp;quot; Iron Maiden lead singer and pilot Bruce Dickinson said in a statement.\u00A0&amp;quot;We would like to thank Air Atlanta and their terrific rescue team for a fantastic effort in achieving this in the time they did, and to Boeing, LAN Chile. ACS and Rock It Cargo for all their invaluable support.\u00A0&amp;quot; Now, the band can get back to the business of bringing heavy metal worldwide. It&amp;#039;s soon headed out of Chile for a concert next Wednesday in New York City. Aces high, gentlemen.\u00A0      Source: Metal Injection "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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