Mexicans intentionally crash a 727 (video)
 

OUCH! Hate to see what happens to the cockpit area! :eek:

USMCFLYR

Cool, but what was the point of this? Other than, "Because we can."

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Scroll down a bit, looks like National Geographic wanted some crash footage, I guess Mexico was less trouble with regulations. Hard to believe they could find two pilots willing to jump prior to remote control by chase plane.

Discovery Channel
 

I was going to post this yesterday, then got distracted with infractions and forgot...:rolleyes:

An upcoming segment is to focus on how to survive an airline accident. If the short blurb was correct, the crew bailed out (it mentioned a pilot mounted helmet before "ejecting").

I would guess it was done in Mexico as it was easier to get permission, and environmental cleanup would be more words than action.

The paint scheme looked like Champion Air.......:(

I'll see if I can find the link I had.

Here we go:

http://www.failuremag.com/index.php/...el_crashes_727

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Heck I would jump out of in any day of the week and twice on sunday, back in the late 90's ya had to pay good money to jump a 72!

In the early '70s if you were willing to hijack a 727 the authorities would pay you quite a bit of ransom money to jump from the rear stairs.