Sometimes you just get lucky. Hopefully, that luck will stay with the folks that went to the hospital. Like I said, a ‘37 can take a horrendous amount of abuse before it cracks (HP into the approach lights at DFW, bounced and flew to IAH, SW at AMA in heavy rain, SW excursion aborting after V1). Lots of folks are still kicking because of the way that thing was/is built.
I fear something from the MD-80 family would not fare nearly as well.
Aren’t aircraft beams used to support limos? They must be pretty strong.
You got that right.Boeing builds the toughest birds and this goes way back.