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Idiot Civilian Passenger Ejects Himself Out of Plane

Posted November 03, 2009 1:44 PM

From Gizmodo:

My guess is that when the rockets under his seat fired and he suddenly found himself over 300 feet away from the PC-7 Mk II he was riding in, he probably realized the error of his ways. That's right, a passenger joyriding over South Africa with an experienced Silver Falcons air display team pilot steadied himself during an aerobatic maneuver by grabbing the ejection seat handle between his legs. Fortunately for him, ejection seats are fairly idiot proof—the chute opens automatically and he glided back to Earth unharmed.

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11/03/2009 7:19 PM

And if you think airbags are expensive to replace .............

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11/03/2009 7:46 PM

Reminds me of the Gary Larson comic below.

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Re: Idiot Civilian Passenger Ejects Himself Out of Plane

11/04/2009 2:50 AM

Hi Gizmodo,

This sounds unbelievable!

I suppose you could fit all aircraft passenger seats with eject rockets. Then everyone who wanted could bail out as they passed over their destination?

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Re: Idiot Civilian Passenger Ejects Himself Out of Plane

11/04/2009 8:53 AM

So we lost a potential Darwin Award Winner?

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11/04/2009 10:04 AM

I have been on flights where it would have preferable to eject rather than continue to be thrashed by an out of control three year old or crushed by the blob overflowing the next seat.

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11/04/2009 10:45 AM

When all else fails...cover your nuts, just make sure you don't grab the brightly colored handle marked "Ejection" on the way up!

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