BY FRANÇOIS JACQUET and RON GOULD
It was supposed to be a one-time experiment, an interesting way of disposing of a retired research airframe. In a four-day workshop named the “Fast Fracture Test,” the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) and Ottawa MacDonald-Cartier International Airport Authority (OMCIAA) expanded their collaboration and understanding of issues related to aircraft firefighting.
In May 2007, with the support of Canadian Bomb Data Centre officers of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), an explosive device was detonated among the luggage in the partially pressurized and instrumented aft cargo hold. The object was to overpressurize and fracture the structure and then collect the structural evidence for forensic and metallurgical examination.
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