Dummies and Baggage Crashed for Safety

Engineers dropped a section of an airplane fuselage, equipped with 10 crash test dummies, from 14 feet - at a speed of 30 feet per second. Results from the test at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, will be used to help develop new crashworthiness guidelines for future aircraft designs.

[@McNab1986]

Window seats just became alot more appealing

[@sukibutt1]

I believe the luggage below the flooring absorbed some of the impact. It would be interesting to see results without it.

[@walesemhaupt7881]

the only difference from a real crash are the 10 km between the airplane and the ground.

[@ZeusScripting]

If only Brad Pitt had known where to sit during his crash landing during World War Z. Maybe he wouldn't have been impaled. Glad someone is finally doing the research to keep Brad save for the next outbreak. Keep it up NASA!

[@kandu]

Did the test fail? The straps are not loose and jolts upon impact.

[@BurnabyAlex]

Is the floor support supposed to snap in the middle?

[@darthtrump4428]

yup, as materials deform, they absorb forces (impacts), otherwise, the impact would be transferd to sth else(like on newton's cradle) which would probably be human tissue.

[@JO6614]

nice

[@chikenchasa]

No comments? maybe I should post something dumb to get us started.

[@AbuAzmeTV]

so the airplane wight tons fall from high altitude to hit the ground with timesxG force , this is fall from what? 5m? lol