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Plane Crash Boeing 727 - HD Crash Test
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Footage of a crash test of a Boeing 727 deliberately crashed in the Mexican desert, shown from multiple angles inside and outside. It is taken from a Channel 4 documentary.
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Cited as an example of airliner crash tests in discussions of crash survivability and seat design.
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Related, an actual ode to a specific Boeing 727 nicknamed "Big Flo" that was used in a crash test in the Mexican desert: [LINK] [LINK] [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗That is not correct. The back of the plane is slightly safer based on historical data, largely due to the tendency of the front of the plane to break off during a crash landing. [0] If the pilot is still pulling up when the plane contacts the ground, then you’re probably talking about an extremely high speed crash, where no seat is safe. The types of crashes you need to analyze for seat specific survivability are things like runway excursions and relatively level landings onto fields or bodies of water. O: [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗For reference, here's a video of a Boing 727 landing in the desert: [VIDEO] It doesn't go terribly well.
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