RE: Try explaining this one to the boss
Ouch !!
That's gonna be expensive....
Reminds me of a Citation II I had to repair once, when I was working in GA maintenance in Caracas, Venezuela.
The Citation was taxiing out from the ramp towards the taxiway, for departure.
When the r/h main gear rolled over a man-hole cover, it broke through, and tore out the gear...
Turned out, the the supports for the manhole cover had partially rusted away, and were too weak to support the weight of the Citation.
Since on the Citation the mains are attached to the structure of the outer wing panels, we had to replace the whole wing, and of course the landing gear and associated hardware.
Funny thing is, that since the wing and landing gear were replaced, the whole incident was not rated as a major repair, but as "component change"....