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Powerful destructive winds are only going to become more common over the next decade. Boeing really should do another test to make sure.
by jacobwilliamroy 7y ago
Powerful destructive winds are only going to become more common over the next decade. Boeing really should do another test to make sure.
- jacquesm 7y agoWind is never going to make an airplane experience this level of loading. Think about it: an airliner going 900 kilometers per hour is flying into an apparent headwind of 900 kilometers per hour, much faster than any windspeed it is likely to encounter. The fastest winds that an airplane has to deal with are the tradewinds. The biggest risk to aircraft from high winds is during landing and when on the ground. On the ground these forces are not going to cause a crash (for obvious reasons) and during landing the bigger risk would be a wing strike or ending up next to the runway. In neither case would the strength of the plane as observed in these tests be a huge factor. What would cause such loading is a long dive or fall and subsequent recovery: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Airlines_Flight_006 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Airlines_Flight_006
- jacobwilliamroy 7y agoThanks for clarifying. I felt afraid when I first read this story, because of the recent unpleasantness with Boeing. Now I see that it's unlikely for this level of stress to occur.