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Old 18th Jul 2011, 02:15
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Huck
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The MLG are directly attached to the aft spar - no substructure that can give a little. So 3g+ landings are going to fracture the spar. Watch the video - BOTH wings were broken, the other one folds over the fuselage as it rolls.

But any heavy aircraft is going to get creamed in such a scenario. The MD11 just does it alot more spectacularly.
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