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One would presume this is purely a function of the pressure differential between the cabin and environment, which they presumably controlled for.


Doesn't sound like it.

"Engineers had the plane pressurized and on the ground. They loaded it up well beyond capacity and bent its wings in an extreme manner..."


I was responding to a question about the difference between being on the ground and in the air, not one about the many other differences between this test and real-world operation.




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