In Narita, the wing broke in negative, the gear strut survived. The defining data would be whether the failure load was exceeded per specification in either accident/incident....
At Heathrow, with BA038, (777), the main gear collapsed and ended in trail as the airframe skidded to a stop, as here.
The failures that cause the loss of the flight path (MD11 short final) are pilot related, and the design of the aircraft is intended to be short coupled, no one is going to move the wing, or put plugs in the Stab.....
Last edited by Lyman; 19th Oct 2012 at 14:57.