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[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 71 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Planes don't have to be in perfect working order to be safe you can lose ~1,500,000 of those 2,000,000 parts and be fine. The redundancy is what makes it safe.

[–] Cypher@aussie.zone 29 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I’ve always wondered where the redundant wings are hidden

[–] 18107@aussie.zone 33 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They've got 2 extra small ones at the back.

https://xkcd.com/3241/

[–] Starfighter@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 month ago

Randall's timing is impeccable sometimes

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The wing itself is not redundant, just like the body. It has tens of thousands of rivets though.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago

Redundancy helps, but high precision engineering and massive testing means we hardly ever see a plane landing with only one of its two engines working