Lu Zuckerman said........
"Remember the Reindeer. (No highway in the sky)."
Aviate 1138 says....
Film was based on a Novel by Neville Shute [Norway] who used to design aircraft between the two World Wars. Not reality really, was it? Typical hyped Movie sensationalism. Remember the "Sound Barrier"? Another in the same ilk.
As for the wing deformation judging by the reflected distortion it must be pretty small and I bow to your superior engineering skills but surely there is a test wing being subjected to higher stress levels many hours ahead of any Airbus 340 actually flying?
If you look at any sheet of glass that looks flat isn't it amazing how a reflected image is seen as distorted unless the glass is absolutely Optically Flat. Not neccessary in sheets of metal bent over a high aspect ratio flexible wing.
I personally would not lose one wink of sleep over seeing that wing out of my window.
BTW, does the same effect happen on the 330 wing?
Aviate 1138