Northern Ireland-based Thompson Aero Seating conducts reverse accelerator tests to see how airplane seats can help passengers stay alive in survivable air crashes. They test seats at 16 times G-force, firing crash test dummies forwards at 30mph in just 0.2 seconds. ⁣ ⁣ The firm almost went bust during the CovId pandemic but Chinese investment helped them weather the storm. ⁣ ⁣ #thompsonaeroseating #crashtest #china