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For a plane, solvency would be airworthiness, not altitude.

• dredmorbius 5y ago
  That's not the way I'm picturing it. Airworthiness is more an overall assessment of risk. A substantially compromised aircraft, with expert piloting and favourable weather, can still land successfully. A fully-airworthy aircraft experiencing CFIT won't. Nor will one flown into unanticipated adverse conditions such as violent weather, volcanic ash, or wind shear. And of course, a sufficiently crippled craft cannot be landed successfully no matter what. (An additional case is of a landing with partial survival of passengers and crew. We'll omit that.) Airworthiness increases he probability of a successful flight. It's neither strictly necessary, nor sufficient. It is part of the overall risk assessment, effectively a creditworthiness rating. An airworthiness certificate is a specific certification of such airworthiness.