2012 Boeing 727 crash experiment

2012 Boeing 727 crash experiment
The experiment aircraft while still in service with Champion Air
Crash experiment
Date27 April 2012 (2012-04-27) 10:00
SummaryRemote controlled deliberate crash into terrain
SiteLaguna Salada, Mexico (Laguna Salada - salt lake)
32°22′N 115°40′W / 32.36°N 115.66°W / 32.36; -115.66
Aircraft
Aircraft typeBoeing 727-212 Advanced
Aircraft nameBig Flo
OperatorWarner Bros. Discovery
RegistrationXB-MNP
Flight originGeneral Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada International Airport

On 27 April 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.