Thats bloody dreadful to hear about his Thorn being damaged like that.
Sorry to hear about it.
What did the airline have to say? Do you know who he flew with? How was the bike packaged?
Any updates to how/where he is?
Glad he got some forks ok, but it must have been a bitter blow all the same.
The more I hear about that sort of thing the more determined I'm am to get the money together and explore S&S couplers to get my Ogre into a hard flight case like the Bike Fridays.
Even then the frame needs to be secured in the bag as (I've heard) bags are often opened and explored without much due care for the contents.
Tell Pawel we're looking forward to some good news and he's way overdue for an update.

Surly Ogre, Carry Freedom Y-frame Trailer, Extrawheel trailer.