GAMCO Hangar Fire - Further Info

The aircraft mentioned in this column (link) as having been damaged in the GAMCO hangar fire on 18 April is, as we said, an A300-600R bearing registration A7-ABV, and that jet has sustained serious damage. Fuselage and flightdeck are completely burned out. Tail section was not burned but it was damaged due to its collapse. This aircraft was being returned to its lessor AWAS and was having a C check at GAMCO's facility in Abu Dhabi, UAE. A7-ABV is very badly damaged, undoubtedly beyond repair, and its sagging rear fuselage is now nearly touching the ground. Two other aircraft have suffered minor damage as well:

a. Air Mauritius had an Airbus A319 3B-NBH parked next to the A300. According to initial information "the tail [of the A300] collapsed and parts fell on our aircraft,” says an Air Mauritius spokesman.
b. Kingfisher Airlines Airbus A320 VT-KFD was in the same hangar awaiting a C1-check and installation of an in-flight entertainment system. A spokesman for the carrier says that the International Aero Engines V2500-powered twin-jet, which is owned by lessor AerCap and is less than two years old, escaped with “little damage” - although it was subjected to minor damage from “falling debris”.