[MediaMole]

The DHL incident shows what really happens when a jumbo gets hit by a shoulder-fired missile. It was hit on takeoff, but was able to go around and land safely without any injuries.

[avg_freeper]

I have pictures of what was left of the wing structure. They were lucky. The aft beam was compromised and the whole wing nearly departed outboard of the engine.

Every time a design engineer complains about by conservatism in my analysis I should show him a picture of that wing.