As far as I can see, looking at this picture, a big panel between the fuselage and the wing root has been blown away. It's gone along the rivet lines where the panel is joined to the fuselage and the wing root and means the green painted fuselage underneath is visble. I don't think the panel is structural but I'm sure it has an aerodynamic effect.
The main damage is the hole in the fuselage through which one can see baggage. At the top of this hole there's a piece of fuselage that's been peeled back.
It looks as if the hole starts from the bottom of the hold and rises up about 2/3rds of the way up the hold. You can get an idea of where the top of the hold and the floor of the passenger compartment is by looking at the top of the hold door further forward.
I suspect that the fuselage was holed - for reasons unknown - and the pressure of the escaping air blew off the big panel between the fuselage and the wing root.
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