Comments | mikaeldraven: Planes vs. Nuclear Power Plants

mikaeldraven

Planes vs. Nuclear Power Plants

Oct 20, 2004 00:07

The things the US Government will do to test the strength of a Nuclear Power Station's walls. Ever wonder what would happen to a jet aeroplane (specifically the US F4 Phantom), moving at 500mph, crashed into a Nuclear Power Plant?

Watch it here.

Thanks to thormonger for the link.

Comments 5

No way! ericisrad October 20 2004, 00:51:18 UTC

That's crazy!

gryp October 20 2004, 04:24:42 UTC

Whoa!

lsv October 20 2004, 05:59:05 UTC

awesome. :) **Godspeed**

skeptical... deepwoodsdancer October 20 2004, 14:57:06 UTC

For some reason, i find that video hard to believe....it looks authentic, but my gut would tend to think it's an incredibly well done hoax

Re: skeptical... mikaeldraven October 20 2004, 15:53:10 UTC

It sounds like a Beyond 2000 episode. Apparently, it was a test done at Sandia National Labratories in New Mexico, at their NUFAC Nuclear Facilities Resource Center. I have yet to find anything to disprove it, except that the caption on it is bogus. Despite what the caption says, it is an F4 crashing into a test wall of a Nuclear Power Station (not a blast wall), and it is strapped to the runway as a test plane (no pilot).