Regarding the disaster in the flight, the explosion of a pack of Tunnock tea cakes will certainly take the cookie.
So when a disaster reportedly hit a RAF flight in 1965, the windshield, flight control and men's uniforms with pieces of chocolate and marshmallow struck, the sweet tweet was banned from military flights.
But now, 60 years later, the cherished snack is suitable for flying to fly through the Royal Air Force after a test to see if they really explode at height.
The RAF center of Aerospace Medicine in Henlow, Bedfordshire, lifted the cookies -covered cookies with a Marshmallow filling up to 8,000 ft – climbing with 4000 ft per minute – in a height room that is normally used in the training of new blasting pilots.
The Thecakes were then quickly decompimated to 25,000 ft in three seconds to see if they would blow up.
During the test, while the Marshmallow in the Tecakes escaped their chocolate housing, they did not seem to explode and caused a risk for safety during the flight.
And when the Theacakes were frozen before they were placed in the room, their hardened grenades were more resilient against the height.
The experiment was filmed for the British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS), which offers news and entertainment for staff and their families.
The RAF center of space medicine in Henlow, Bedfordshire, carried out a test on Tunnock's Tea Cakes to see if they explode at a great height
When a disaster reportedly on a RAF flight in 1965, the windshield, flight control and men's uniforms with pieces of chocolate and Marshmallow plastered, the sweet tweet was banned from military flights. Above: A Cold War Vickers-Armstrong Valient Bomber flies in 1951
Dr. Oliver Bird, an instructor of medical officer in the RAF center of Aerospace Medicine, supervised the tests on the Tecakes and said he saw no reason why they could not be taken on flights.
He recommended freezing the Theacakes, because it will make their chocolate shells more robust and ensure that they only crack during decompression.
He said, “I think the best advice is that the snacks are kept frozen and are ready to consume them in their foil branch wraps.”
Hannah King, a producer and director who filmed the tests for BFBS News, said: “This was a crucial piece of scientific testing.
'I am just happy that the RAF doctors in the center of space medicine have arisen and answered the question that everyone has been wonders for so many years.
'It is possible that the original tecakes really explode in a much dangerous way. Maybe the recipe has changed – who knows.
“But people have to spread the word – it's safe to fly with Theacakes.”
A RAF source added that they were allowed to eat 'sandwiches, sausage rolls, chips, fruit and biscuit -based candy bins' on long missions in the past
During the test, while the marshmallow in the tecakes escaped their chocolate housing, they did not seem to explode and caused a risk to safety during the flight
The family business is led by Thomas' grandson Sir Boyd Tunnock, 92, who created the Teacake in 1956 using marshmallow on a cookie base covered with chocolate
The initial ban is said to have come into effect after a captain and student pilot in a bomber aircraft in the summer of 1965 forgot that they had not placed well -packed Theacakes above their instrument panels.
When the captain drew an emergency depressing switch in a training mission, the treat burst out, causing pieces of chocolate and marshmallow to hit the windshield, flight control and the uniforms of the men.
The story was unveiled by retired squadron leader Tonny Cunnane in 2013.
Tunnock's was founded as a bakery shop by Thomas Tunnock in Uddingston, Lanarkshire, in 1890.
It now has more than 600 people in the city and exports to more than 30 countries, including Saudi Aarabia and Australia.
The distinctive red and silver packaging of the tea from a tunnock
The family business is led by Thomas' grandson Sir Boyd Tunnock, 92, who created the Teacake in 1956 using Marshmallow on a cookie base covered with chocolate.
The sweet treats have become so popular that gigantic dancing Theacakes could be seen in the opening ceremony of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.
In 2017, scientists launched a tea cake in space by attaching it to a weather balloon, which reached a height of 121,414ft.
When Sir Boyd was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2019, he revealed that her Majesty told him that she preferred the tea above the other bestseller of Tunnock, the caramel wafer.
The waffle – consisting of five layers of waffle, four layers of caramel and completely covered with chocolate – was made in 1952 by his father Archie.
