Failures in Wing Design
We have now experienced two major wing design failures in transport aircraft: C-17 and 787. With the C-17, aircraft were in flight test when the static test wing broke in the mid-120% range, short of the required 150% standard. Flight tests continued with restrictions to stay well below the failure...
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