The NASA Langley Research Center has released a short clip of a Fokker F-28 aircraft being dropped at their Landing and Impact Research Facility, in cooperation with the FAA. The test was the largest full-sized aircraft ever dropped at NASA Langley and will gather data on aircraft safety.
Researchers positioned 24 crash test dummies inside the aircraft as well as dozens of cameras to record data from the crash. The results will be used to make air travel safer.
This post was published on 21 June 2019 11:12
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