<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by floridadreamvilla.co.uk
It's perfectly normal and a design feature of all aircraft. If the wings were built to be totally rigid then you would have a very big chance of problems, but with the in-built flexibility they have they are extremely safe.
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In fact there is more chance of them snapping off if they were rigid.

Steve & Dawn