Plane Crash Boeing 727 - HD Crash Test
Why Hacker News recommends it
Cited as an example of airliner crash tests in discussions of crash survivability and seat design.
What it is
Footage of a crash test of a Boeing 727 deliberately crashed in the Mexican desert, shown from multiple angles inside and outside. It is taken from a Channel 4 documentary.
Recommended by 0 HN commenters across 0 different months, 2019 to 2021.
What Hacker News said
Cites jboggan · 2019-01 · on “Ode to the 767”
Related, an actual ode to a specific Boeing 727 nicknamed "Big Flo" that was used in a crash test in the Mexican desert: [LINK] [LINK] [this video]
Cites ashtonkem · 2020-05 · on “PIA Airbus 320 Crashes near Karachi”
That is not correct. The back of the plane is slightly safer based on historical data, largely due to the tendency of the front of the plane to break off during a crash landing. [0] If the pilot is still pulling up when the plane contacts the ground, then you’re probably talking about an extremely high speed crash, where no seat is safe. The types of crashes you need to analyze for seat specific survivability are things like runway excursions and relatively level landings onto fields or bodies of water. O: [this video]
Cites wongarsu · 2021-09 · on “The red warning light on Richard Branson’s space flight”
For reference, here's a video of a Boing 727 landing in the desert: [this video] It doesn't go terribly well.