Why is a whole plane not made out of a black box durability?

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Why is a whole plane not made out of a black box durability?

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i‘m no expert, and not native to english, but let me try:

If something is small and very compact it can withstand high stress, like if you try to stay on a Lego brick. But now you want to make the brick bigger and hollow, because you want to have people and chairs in there, also you want to reduce weight so you can actually fly. So you take your Lego and you build a hollow cube and put a few toys in.

Let both drop – what will shatter, the small Lego brick or your hollow cube?