[jpsb]

"Airbus A380 snapped a wing off during stress testing"

For real? That does not sound good, hard to believe.

[NYCRebublican]

All wings snap durng this test. That's the point. The only problem at this time is that the wing snapped before it was supposed to. The wing was not as strong as believed. However Aribus says the wing was not a production wing and the wings are now stronger. Of course that's what Airbus says. Anyway the planes development just got that much more expensive as they now to go break some more wings. Probably run them another $100 million or so more over budget. Just keeps adding up.

[ghitma]

It's true. A car backfired in the parking lot the wing fell off and the French army surrendered.

[AlexW]

"For real? That does not sound good, hard to believe."

It was like a "laboratory test", not a flying or working airplane.