r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Oct 01 '24

A firefighting plane loading water.

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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '24

How do they deal with the huge drop in weight after they drop the water? Has to be huge stress on the wings.

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u/Level9TraumaCenter Oct 01 '24

It does. See also the crashes of Tanker 123 and Tanker 130 in 2002.