page_title: 2012 Boeing 727 crash experiment
section_title: Aftermath
hierarchical_section_title: 2012 Boeing 727 crash experiment / Aftermath
caption_attribution_description: English: Large sections from the crashed plane alongside Hwy 5
context_page_description: On April 27, 2012, a team of scientists staged an airplane crash near Mexicali, Mexico. An unmanned Boeing 727-200, fitted with numerous cameras, crash-test dummies and other scientific instruments, was flown into the ground. The exercise was filmed for television.
context_section_description: The crash site received a full environmental cleanup and salvage operation, under the supervision of Mexican authorities.
  Most of the large sections of the plane that survived the crash were moved to a field next to Federal Highway 5 south of Mexicali at  32°30′05″N 115°23′48″W, and were still there in January 2020.
caption: Large sections from the crashed plane stored alongside Hwy 5 in March 2016
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