Posts by Baguette

French pensioner ejected from fighter jet after accidentally grabbing bang seat* handle

To be precise, the flight surgeon allowed the flight provided it stayed < +3G. But, due to... an IT incident(!) the information did not reach the pilot who went on with the usual patrol take-off.

The full report mentions the camera was not running at the time of ejection. I guess they forgot to turn it on. A pity really...

Re: Double ejection

No, the pyro system for the pilot partially failed: the canopy was shattered alright, but the 'rocket' used to eject the pilot after the passengers is ejected failed to initiate. Probably a design or manufacturing fault in one of the ejection system components

Re: Double ejection

> they're supposed to point it somewhere as safe as possible (if they still have control obviously).

That's a myth busted in the Fighter Pilor Podcast - the guy explains that in the heat of the moment it's very unlikely that any pilot would actually take the time to think of this.