A 64-year-old man accidentally ejected himself from a fighter jet at 2,500 feet

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A 64-year-old man accidentally ejected himself
from a fighter jet at 2,500 feet.

A 64-year-old man accidentally ejected himself from a fighter jet at 2,500 feet

A surprise company outing to an air base caused a 64-year-old French man so much stress that he flung himself from a fighter jet in mid-air, grabbing the ejector button in a panic and tumbling through the skies above France before landing in a field.

www.cnn.com

Richard

 

[pedro47]

There is a big different from flying in a commercial plane to a military fighter jet.
Especially when a passenger have never experienced G force gravity IMHO.

This 64 man is lucky to be alive. IMO.

 

[Passepartout]

If he didn't have a MAJOR laundry problem, he missed a golden opportunity!

 

[pedro47]

I agree LOL.

If he didn't have a MAJOR laundry problem, he missed a golden opportunity!

 

[klpca]

Ah, the surprise gift! Too bad it wasn't something that he actually wanted. Good story though. He will be telling this for the rest of his life, as will his employees.

An aside, for some reason it made me chuckle that this was on the CNN Travel page. Not sure what it had to do with travel, but I guess if you really stretch, it's kind of a travel story?

 

[Beachclubmum]

I think his co-workers were trying to kill him off!

 

[x3 skier]

Sounds strange to me. I don’t know what ejection seat was in the plane but the ones I flown in take some really deliberate action to pull the handle(s) or face curtain. Never heard of a “button”. But CNN reporters are notoriously ignorant about aviation.

More accurate report that actually explains what really happened.

Rafale Ride Leads To Inadvertent Ejection By Overstressed Passenger | Aviation Week Network

A ride in a French Air Force Rafale B didn’t go as planned when an overstressed, back-seat passenger inadvertently ejected from the two-seat fighter, and the aircraft was saved only because of a previously undetected flaw that prevented the pilot’s ejection, a new French military report said.

aviationweek.com

Cheers

 

[Talent312]

It's just another form of social distancing.

 

[pedro47]

I think his co-workers were trying to kill him off!

To all these co-workers you are Fired. LOL

 

[plpgma]

Sounds like this guy reached under the front of his seat and pulled tight on the first thing he felt -- which unfortunately happened to be the ejection handles. Sounds like the French Air Force didn't do their part in providing the necessary basics for a civilian to ride safely in a warplane. Thank God this guy wasn't maimed or killed in the ejection.