ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 145323
Last updated: 23 May 2013
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| Date: | 27-APR-2012 |
| Time: | 10:00 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing 727-212 |
| Operator: | Opf. Discovery Channel |
| Registration: | XB-MNP |
| C/n / msn: | 21348/1287 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Laguna Salada, west of the San Felipe-Mexicali Highway -
 Mexico
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | MXL/MMML |
| Laguna Salada |
A former Champion Air Boeing 727-212, with Mexican registration XB-MNP, crashed at Laguna Salada, west of the San Felipe-Mexicali Highway, in a tv crash test experiment.
The test was performed with coodination of the Mexican DGAC and goverment agencies, for a television programme being made by the UK's Dragonfly Film and Television Produtions, in association with the US Discovery Channel, as well as Germany's Pro Sieben and the UK's Channel 4.
The four crew members ejected from the plane minutes before impact (using two tandem parachutes). The airstairs door under the tail of the aircraft was removed before the test.
Sources:
http://www.elvigia.net/noticia/aterriza-boeing-727-en-laguna-salada
http://www.oem.com.mx/lavozdelafrontera/notas/n2520267.htm
http://sanfelipe.com.mx/2012/04/27/national-geographic-staging-aircraft-remote-control-landing-near-san-felipe/
http://i.gadling.com/2012/04/30/the-discovery-channel-crashes-a-727-intentionally-video?icid=maing-grid7%257Cmain5%257Cdaily-buzz3%257Csec4_lnk1%257C156657
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5alQCrZzRs&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5T3pRe0pC8
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Apr-2012 10:16 | robertpilot | Added |
| 28-Apr-2012 12:20 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Apr-2012 13:30 | 87.211.83.33 | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Narrative] |
| 01-May-2012 05:31 | RobertMB | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
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