2012 Boeing 727 crash experiment
On April 27, 2012, a multinational team of television studios staged an airplane crash near Mexicali, Mexico. An unmanned Boeing 727-200, fitted with numerous cameras, crash test dummies and other scientific instruments, was flown into the ground. The exercise was filmed for television.
The experiment aircraft while still in service with Champion Air | |
| Crash experiment | |
|---|---|
| Date | April 27, 2012 10:00 |
| Summary | Remote controlled deliberate crash into terrain |
| Site | Laguna Salada, Mexico (Laguna Salada - salt lake) 32.36°N 115.66°W |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 727-212 Advanced |
| Aircraft name | Big Flo |
| Operator | Discovery Channel |
| Registration | XB-MNP |
| Flight origin | General Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada International Airport (IATA: MXL, ICAO: MMML) |
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