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Right. But the plane drops oxygen masks and goes down to a lower altitude.
> You blow a fuel pump and can’t fuel the engines.
Multiple fuel pumps and multiple gas tanks.
> Wings fall off.
Wings have dual internal structure.
> I can think of a bunch of failure points on a modern airliner.
No single point of failure is an FAA requirement.
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Right. But the plane drops oxygen masks and goes down to a lower altitude.
> You blow a fuel pump and can’t fuel the engines.
Multiple fuel pumps and multiple gas tanks.
> Wings fall off.
Wings have dual internal structure.
> I can think of a bunch of failure points on a modern airliner.
No single point of failure is an FAA requirement.