<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:[i]Originally posted by benfilo[/i

just an average wing weieghs in at 25 ton and when full carries about the same weight in fuel, I can't swear to it , but i honestly can't see the wing being glued on (some people from airfix would dissagree}
I have a few friends there so I'll try and get some info, I'm pretty sure they are held on by large diameter rods.
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I am no techy Benfilo and you're probably right. All I know is what they showed and told us in the TV Documentary and I would have thought that an organisation like Discovery Channel would have got their facts right. Airbus apparently did use some sort of high-tech bonding substance in place of rivets in certain parts of the aircraft, including the area where the wings were attached. The Airbus spokesman did NOT deny this, but merely defended their procedures and refused to admit that the plane would not have crashed it had use traditional rivets instead.