Researchers from NASA are going to crash a 45-foot-long
helicopter fuselage from 30 feet to test improved seat belts and seats and
advance experimental techniques and crashworthiness data.
NASA is collaborating with the U.S. Navy, U.S. Army and
Federal Aviation Administration on the Transport Rotorcraft Airframe Crash Test
Bed full-scale crash tests at Langley's Landing and Impact Research Facility.