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Originally posted by orangehuggy View Postintentional
(From April 27, http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=145323A)
former Champion Air Boeing 727-200, with Mexican registration XB-MNP, crashed today at Laguna Salada, west of the San Felipe-Mexicali Highway, in a National Geographic crash test experiment, the 3 crew members of the Boeing 727 jumped to safety by parachute, prior to the controlled crash test. The test was performed with coodination of the Mexican DGAC and goverment agencies, all this for the National Geograpic series "Segundos catastróficos" (Seconds from Disaster).
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Originally posted by orangehuggy View Postthe landing did not break it, only the powerful upward jolt on the forward fuselage created by the cantilever effect of the 3 heavy engines in the back is what caused the breakup (I think)Air crashes don't just happen... www.aircrash.ucoz.net
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Here's the AOL report so don't expect top class reporting !!
If it 'ain't broken........ Don't try to mend it !
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