Al Gerharter wrote:

I think this was their first opportunity to land. The aircraft was well
outside the envelope when a recovery ensued. I don't know what would have
happened to an airbus.

All modern airplanes, no matter from which manufactorer, are designed to
match the legal certification minimas and nothing more. Every little bit
of extra strengh is a waste of payload. An engineer who builds too
strongly will be fired like one who builds too weakly.

Stefan