727 blown-up in the name of security
The National Research Council of Canada Institute for Aerospace Research (Hall 3, C7, D7, D7B, E7 and E7B) has successfully completed a three-day controlle
The National Research Council of Canada Institute for Aerospace Research (Hall 3, C7, D7, D7B, E7 and E7B) has successfully completed a three-day controlled exercise, the first of its kind in Canada, that involved the deliberate demolition of a decommissioned, pressurized Boeing 727 at NRC’s Uplands campus in Ottawa. Participants in the exercise included a number of Canadian security technology developers and emergency response operators.
The test, which involved detonating a bomb concealed in the aircraft’s cargo bay, gave companies a chance to demonstrate their latest security technologies and provided NRC Aerospace with post-blast fractured aircraft structures for research and future reference.
