Narrative:
A former Champion Air Boeing 727-200, 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 coordination of the Mexican DGAC and government agencies, for a television programme being made by the UK's Dragonfly Film and Television Productions, in association with the US Discovery Channel, as well as Germany's Pro Sieben and the UK's Channel 4.
» La Voz
accident date: 27-04-2012
type: Boeing 727-212
registration: XB-MNP
accident date: 27-04-2012
type: Boeing 727-212
registration: XB-MNP
accident date: 27-04-2012
type: Boeing 727-212
registration: XB-MNP
accident date: 27-04-2012
type: Boeing 727-212
registration: XB-MNP
accident date: 27-04-2012
type: Boeing 727-212
registration: XB-MNP
accident date: 27-04-2012
type: Boeing 727-212
registration: XB-MNP
accident date: 27-04-2012
type: Boeing 727-212
registration: XB-MNP
| Status: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
| Date: | Friday 27 April 2012 |
| Time: | 10:00 |
| Type: |  Boeing 727-212 |
| Operator: | Unknown |
| Registration: | XB-MNP |
| MSN: | 21348/1287 |
| First flight: | 1977-09-14 (34 years 8 months) |
| Engines: | 3 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17 (HK3) |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Laguna Salada ( Mexico)
|
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Mexicali Airport (MXL/MMML), Mexico |
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A former Champion Air Boeing 727-200, 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 coordination of the Mexican DGAC and government agencies, for a television programme being made by the UK's Dragonfly Film and Television Productions, in association with the US Discovery Channel, as well as Germany's Pro Sieben and the UK's Channel 4.
Sources:
» Plane deliberately crash lands for Channel 4 (Channel 4, 30-4-2012)» La Voz
Photos
accident date: 27-04-2012
type: Boeing 727-212
registration: XB-MNP
accident date: 27-04-2012
type: Boeing 727-212
registration: XB-MNP
accident date: 27-04-2012
type: Boeing 727-212
registration: XB-MNP
accident date: 27-04-2012
type: Boeing 727-212
registration: XB-MNP
accident date: 27-04-2012
type: Boeing 727-212
registration: XB-MNP
accident date: 27-04-2012
type: Boeing 727-212
registration: XB-MNP
accident date: 27-04-2012
type: Boeing 727-212
registration: XB-MNP
Video, social media
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