Incident Overview
Date: Friday 27 April 2012
Aircraft Type: Boeing 727-212
Owner/operator: Unknown
Registration Number: XB-MNP
Location: Laguna Salada –
ÿ Mexico
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Component Affected: The Boeing 727-200 aircraft itself.The Boeing 727-200 aircraft itself.
Category: Accident
A Boeing 727-200 aircraft, registration XB-MNP, crashed at Laguna Salada, resulting in a television test. The test was conducted in collaboration with UK broadcasters Dragonfly Film and Television Productions, the US Discovery Channel, Germany’s Pro Sieben, and the UK’s Channel 4.A Boeing 727-200 aircraft, registration XB-MNP, crashed at Laguna Salada, resulting in a television test. The test was conducted in collaboration with UK broadcasters Dragonfly Film and Television Productions, the US Discovery Channel, Germany’s Pro Sieben, and the UK’s Channel 4.
Description
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.
Source of Information
http://www.channel4.com/news/plane-deliberately-crash-lands-for-channel-4http://www.channel4.com/news/plane-deliberately-crash-lands-for-channel-4Primary Cause
A possible malfunction during a television test involving a high-altitude flight.A possible malfunction during a television test involving a high-altitude flight.Share on:
