Throwback: When NASA And The FAA Deliberately Crashed A Boeing 720 For Research Purposes

In 1984, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Dryden Flight Research Center, together with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), deliberately crashed a remotely piloted Boeing 720 in the Mojave Desert. This was part of an experiment called the Controlled Impact Demonstration to test how an anti-misting fuel additive could help suppress fire in a real jetliner crash scenario.