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by Aloha
2480 days ago
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"The test is meant to push the plane beyond its limits. Engineers had the plane pressurized and on the ground. They loaded it up well beyond capacity and bent its wings in an extreme manner, in a way almost certain to never happen in the real world." "Dr. Curtis said this is not the time to race to conclusions, and it could be something totally innocuous that caused the door to come off. But it could cause delays. "It's unlikely this will speed up certification," he said. "It's more likely it will make the certification team, whoever's involved with Boeing and the FAA, do extra work to figure out what happened." |
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I assume "this" in the above is equivalent to "the door blowing off the airplane".
I think we have a solid conclusion here, despite the previously stated desire to avoid racing towards them.