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Originally Posted by Nuje
Yep. As mentioned, they're designed to flex vertically, which you will see if you're ever in a plane. Whereas forward/backward, they won't really flex. They'll simply break off.
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The wings are able to withstand, with a big safety factor, full power approximately 225,000 lbs of force, they don't just "break off". During landing thrust reversers are employed stopping the plane from high speed, the wings don't break off either. The wings are very strong in the horizontal direction as well.