AIRBUS 380 WING 'RUPTURES' IN TESTING
The Wing of an Airbus 380 airliner "ruptured" during ultimate load testing last week, before reaching the desired structural benchmark. In what was to be the final of about a dozen static tests, the wing was gradually being exposed to up to 1.5 times its load limit. Just before reaching the ultimate...
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