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 in Brooklyn.
The retired Concorde is normally on display at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum. It has been at a recreational facility at Floyd Bennett Field 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, Aviator Sports, should have provided better security for the plane. Aviator did not immediately return a call Monday.
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