From the NASA Archives: The Crash in the Desert

In late 1984, NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration conducted a dramatic experiment in which they intentionally crashed a remote-controlled Boeing 720 passenger jet (filled with crash-test dummies) in the Mojave Desert. The NASA Ames Research Center, the Langley Research Center, the Dryden Flight Research Center, the FAA, and General Electric all contributed to the planning and preparation for this test. Watch the explosive result here, captured from multiple angles on high-speed 16mm film. Music: B