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No see http://www.caa.co.uk/default.aspx?catid=60&pagetype=90&pageid=822 http://www.caa.co.uk/default.aspx?catid=60&pagetype=90&pagei... or http://www.boeing.co
by yread 11y ago
No see http://www.caa.co.uk/default.aspx?catid=60&pagetype=90&pageid=822 http://www.caa.co.uk/default.aspx?catid=60&pagetype=90&pagei... or
http://www.boeing.com/commercial/aeromagazine/articles/qtr_3_07/article_03_1.html http://www.boeing.com/commercial/aeromagazine/articles/qtr_3...
They are only certified to the maximum landing weight which typically is lower than the maximum takeoff weight. When an overweight landing (ie. the weight is higher then maximum landing weight) occurs engineers have to perform a thorough inspection of the plane structure - landing gear, spars, wings, wingbox
EDIT: thanks ForHackernews
- ForHackernews 11y ago> the maximum landing weight which typically is larger than the maximum takeoff weight. I assume this was a typo and you mean that the max landing weight is typically less than the max takeoff weight.
- nacnud 11y agoI guess I was thinking more about smaller GA aircraft, but thanks for the detailed reply.