Although the video looks terrifying, the event is far from a disaster. The most likely scenario is the pilot safely flies away as did occur. Even a crash landing is still expected to be survivable. Wings are usually tested to destruction during the certification process. For example the Boeing 777’s wings were bent 24 feet before breaking. The biggest concern is a potential post crash fire as shown in the plane on the cover of my book. In that case all 301 passengers and crew safely evacuated.
The Hamburg incident is very similar to another incident in the Netherlands in 1997. In this case the plane hit with too high a sink rate and collapsed the landing gear. There were no injuries. Airplane wings are actually quite robust. In 1965 an engine fire burned off 25 feet of wing tip. The plane still landed safely.
