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Old December 20th 03, 10:21 PM
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From: Scott Ferrin

On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 09:31:05 GMT, Scott Ferrin
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Yeah, on one of those Discovery shows they showed either a 747 or 777
wing being bent to failure. It was quite a bang. It didn't bend, it
pretty much blew apart.



It was a 777 and the wing bent something on the order of 28 feet before
failure.

Dan, U. S. Air Force, retired