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Is it possible that the ejection mechanism malfunctioned and ejected the pilot from a perfectly working airplane? Has such a thing happened before?
by ls612 3y ago
Is it possible that the ejection mechanism malfunctioned and ejected the pilot from a perfectly working airplane? Has such a thing happened before?
- gs17 3y agoNot exactly that, but the Cornfield Bomber [0] is sort of similar to that idea. The pilot ejected (intentionally) in a spin, but the changed center of mass leveled the plane out and it flew until it eventually landed itself in the namesake field. They knew what happened immediately in that case, though. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornfield_Bomber https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornfield_Bomber
- snypher 3y agoThis one made it 600 miles! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Belgium_MiG-23_crash https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Belgium_MiG-23_crash
- rasz 3y agoIs it possible plane was hijacked? Ejected the pilot, landed somewhere on remote control and was quickly packed into couple of trucks. Now that would be something, mother of all supply attacks! https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/pentagon-stops-accepting-f-35-jets-check-chinese-content-source-2022-09-07/ https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/pentagon-... https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2022/09/13/an-f-16-pilot-died-when-his-ejection-seat-failed-was-it-counterfeit/ https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2022/09/13...