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Old 04-08-11, 10:24 AM   #27
Gargamel
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Originally Posted by Growler View Post
All of this said, while the scene was undoubtedly bad, the rip-stop straps in the installation did their job - the airframe held together for the flight crew to put in on the ground. That, in some small way, is a victory.
Yes, when you start designing for controlled failures, rather than catastrophic ones, you can usually provide operators time to avert or at least recover before some really bad happens.
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