Originally Posted by
jcjeant
A small tree can cut them in half a wing ...
By cons .. Airbus are much stronger
The A320 that landed accidentally in a forest kept its wings
The same Tu-154M landed in a forest around too short and too narrow abandoned airstrip (emergency landing) and kept its wings:
Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise Flight 514 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Depends on thickness of the trees, more exactly cross-section (proportional to thickness squared). Many thin trees can gradually slow the plane down. One thick tree breaks a wing.