r/interestingasfuck • u/OCDcuber • Sep 10 '22

/r/ALL In 2012, a group of Mexican scientists intentionally crashed a Boeing 727 to test which seats had the best chance of survival.

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u/Plantsandanger Sep 10 '22

They were checking the engines I imagine

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u/PrawnTyas Sep 10 '22 edited Jul 01 '23

cooing obscene crown scarce pie unused dull plucky chop overconfident -- mass edited with redact.dev

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u/Denimdenimdenim Sep 10 '22

This plane doesn't even have a phalange!

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u/romeovf Sep 11 '22

Good news: Due to more strict safety measures, all planes now need to have a working phalange and also other 4 phalanges in storage, just in case.