Discovery Channel Crashes a Boeing 727 For Science Documentary (latimes.com)

A Boeing 727 passenger jet has been deliberately crash-landed. The pilot ejected just minutes before the collision. The plane was packed with scientific experiments, including crash test dummies. Dozens of cameras recorded the crash from inside the aircraft, on the ground, in chase planes and even on the ejecting pilot's helmet. All of this was done for a feature length documentary to be shown on the Discovery Channel later this year."

Comments

Re:I wonder if...

[grasshoppa]

No no, this was deliberate.

Re:Sorry to be crude and all but all I can think i

[Stormtrooper42]

Cave Johnson: The enrichment center reminds all test subjects who opted for the 727 crash test to fasten their seat-belts. Cake will be served on board. It will be fucking awesome. For science.

Shark week

[rve]

Hey! Shark week is a national treasure

Re:Decadence

[guttentag]

Discover could have gotten it's cost of the documentary down to the cost of the film crews.

If you're suggesting that the Discovery Channel exec used her Discover card to drive her costs down to the break-even point, I think you're overestimating the value of the rewards program. They only give you one percent back, and the purchase protection only covers domestic airline crashes (this one was in Mexico). When you factor in the annual fee, she probably lost money!

Or perhaps you just confused the financial company with the media company.

Re:Poor dummies

[fullback]

Yes. Remarkably, many of the surviving dummies have been elected to congress and others work for the TSA.

I loved Shark week

[maroberts]

Until it jumped the human

Re:I loved Shark week

[mooingyak]

You're already at 5, so instead of modding you up I'll have to settle for sitting here and clapping.

Re:Well...

[owlnation]

The Ancient Aliens Bull Shit network?

Hey, don't knock it, Ancient Aliens is one of the funniest comedy shows on TV. Is the presenter's -- that sports scientist's -- hairstyle, and orange skin, evidence of ancient alien visitors? Some ancient alien researchers believe they are.

Re:Well...

[atomicxblue]

I'm not really sure.. THEREFORE ALIENS!!! Did you see the promo for next week with the UFOs shooting dinosaurs like Sarah Palin hunting moose from a copter?

I don't ever remember seeing the Nat Geo special when they found the dinosaur bones with phaser fire marks.

Carbon Credits

[Frankie70]

A plane crash has got to have the huge potential to leak all kinds of harmful substances into the local ecosystem. Jet fuel, oil, hydraulic fluid, and the combustion remnants of the plastics, fiberglass, aluminum, and other things... none of it could have been good for the local plant and wild life.

Did Discovery do their due diligence to study such potential impacts, and perform a proper cleanup after the crash? What are they doing now to ensure there are no long-term adverse effects?

They purchased carbon credits to offset all this.

Re:Well...

[Hognoxious]

they decided that Attenborough was not a good narrator and to have Opera do it.

Did a fat lady sing just before the end?

Re:Well...

[MightyYar]

UFOs shooting dinosaurs

The worst part is picking the laser shrapnel out of the dinosaur meat.