January 15th, 2007

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The wings won’t fall off (Boeing 777 test video)

A common concern of this site’s visitors is damage to the aircraft in severe turbulence.

This video shows stress testing of the Boeing 777 aircraft wings. The wing ultimately fails at 154% of design load, forces that probably will never be encountered in flight.

Direct link to video here.

Written by tb_neg on January 15th, 2007 with 3 comments.
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