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Updating this for the modern era, I suggest the Airbus 380. Crash a fully fueled pair going full speed at about 800 feet up, with the crowd back 2000 feet.

• peterkelly 7y ago
  It's been done with a single 727, though for research purposes rather than entertainment. https://youtu.be/FlX8KsSXg4s?t=2760 https://youtu.be/FlX8KsSXg4s?t=2760
  • caf 7y ago
    Importantly the 727 has ventral stairs to exit!
  • heymijo 7y ago
    Great work on that timestamp
  • grafporno 7y ago
    Those sound effects were added in post, right?
    • LeonM 7y ago
      I think they got the crash sound from the onboard camera equipment, and the engine sounds from outside cameras. Then mixed it together with tense music for dramatic effect.
  • 0xffff2 7y ago
    NASA did something similar back in the 80's, with somewhat more spectacular results. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVyZeSgxmsw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVyZeSgxmsw
• itronitron 7y ago
  I guess the pinnacle for an advanced civilization would be crashing black holes into each other.
  • dillonmckay 7y ago
    There goes my morning. I will be thinking about this for awhile...
  • itsbits 7y ago
    I keep on thinking on how can we do it even with Super powers..
  • jandrese 7y ago
    It's a bit hard to see what's going on with the Black Holes though. A better show would be to crash two near-collapse stars together to trigger a supernova. As an added bonus you get a fresh supply of heavy elements, which your civilization might be running low on since your have the capability to fly stars around.
  • 205guy 7y ago
    Maybe that's what LIGO is detecting now...
• SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago
  The 737 MAX seems like a better bet. Nobody would ever fly on them again anyway - and they crash themselves!
  • james_pm 7y ago
    Too soon.
• liberte82 7y ago
  Why not just use one of the 737 MAX planes? They're gonna crash anyway, might as well use them for entertainment.