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Re:Washington Should Prepare for Saudi Arabia's Collapse by mseebach on Sunday February 21, 2016 @11:11AM (#11145014)
When you only have a small explosive, you want to detonate it as close to the wing as possible, as this is the weakest spot on the plane - you're basically hoping for the wing to fall off, or at least sever the connections to the control surfaces. Even with a decent hole in the fuselage, there is a very good chance of landing the plane safely as long as the wings stay on.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloha_Airlines_Flight_243

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Re:Washington Should Prepare for Saudi Arabia's Collapse by bbatsell on Sunday February 21, 2016 @11:57AM (#11145217)
To be clear, the wingbox is, by far, the strongest part of a plane, but it's the most devastating if you can compromise it. (And its primary design goal isn't to account for explosive loads coming from the fuse.)
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Re:Washington Should Prepare for Saudi Arabia's Collapse by AmVess on Sunday February 21, 2016 @12:59PM (#11145567)
You aren't going to compromise the wingbox with an explosive that fits in the heel of a shoe.
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