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Nice viddy.
You're not an Airbus fan, are you?
Good morning from the cockpit, I'm Captain Miller and this is Delta flight 154 {BOOM!}
And, is that a rubber ducky on the test apparatus? (00:33)
Anyway... the maximum take-off weight of a Boeing 777-200 is 554,000 lbs (keep in mind, this is now the smallest, lightest 777 on the market. The newer Boeing 777-300ER is 775,000 lbs., the 747-400ER is 910,000 lbs, and the upcoming 747-800 is tentatively at 970,000 lbs. For comparison's sake, the A380's is 1.235 million lbs.) That means that wing was supporting one half the take-off weight multiplied by between 2.5 and 3.8 - between 692,000 and 1052600 lbs, and that is just for 100% of the load limit!
I'm glossing over lots of subtleties, but the general idea still stands. That's a lot of force!