The wreckage of a small private plane rests among debris scattered inside the MarsDome at the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS). The staged crash site — complete with scripted witness accounts and a wreckage trail — is at the centre of a new graduate course on air-accident investigations.
The course is the first of its kind in Canada and gives UTIAS graduate students a rare opportunity to physically examine and determine the potential causes of a plane crash.
Real-life air accident becomes a learning opportunity for UTIAS engineering students