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Originally Posted by Acey
This is probably the most accurate analogy I've seen so far. These are relatively small jets that are very low to the ground. It's basically an extended private jet repurposed as an airliner. "Tank" is the only reasonable way to describe these fire trucks... they are solid as hell.
It's an airplane designed to be as light as possible vs a fire truck designed to be as sturdy as possible, it's no surprise who won the collision.
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Gotta say the CRJ900 is a remarkably robust aircraft. It remained largely intact in this collision and it was the same type of aircraft the overturned in Toronto last winter on a hard landing, again remaining largely intact. Maybe too much Hollywood where you expect everything to go up in flames but a lot of people are alive today from those two incidents due to how well this aircraft is built.