Terrifying History on Instagram: "On April 27, 2012, a controlled impact demonstration of a Boeing 727 aircraft was conducted in the Sonoran Desert of Mexico. The experiment, known as the “Channel 4 Crash” as it was filmed for a documentary by the UK’s Channel 4, aimed to gather detailed data on the structural dynamics of a crash and passenger survivability. The jet, packed with specialized crash test dummies and hundreds of sensors, was flown remotely by a pilot who parachuted out shortly befor

3.1M Commanders on Instagram: "In 2012, researchers conducted a controlled airplane crash in Mexico’s Sonoran Desert for the Discovery Channel documentary The Crash. A Boeing 727 was remotely piloted and intentionally downed to examine how passengers in different cabin sections would be affected. The experiment showed that passengers near the rear of the aircraft had the highest likelihood of survival, while those in the front experienced the strongest impact. The findings offered rare real-worl