South African Air Force, the famous “Silver Falcon” aerobatic team pilot Colonel Gerhard Delaolunsi last week driving a “Pilatus PC-7″ fighter Lange Bang Ludwig city to conduct high-altitude Air Force Base, a few kilometers Flight performance drills, sitting at his side there is no flying experience, a friend actually inadvertently activated its “Emergency ejection seat” button, the passenger is like 007 films in the “Rocket Man” in general, from the high-speed flying aircraft Lianren Dai chair was “shot” out of the cabin, rushed to the aircraft altitude above 100 meters!
Although the man had not received any professional training, but fortunately that the passengers to open the reserve parachute in time, so he finally able to land safely, unharmed. It is reported that South African Air Force is investigating this rare incident investigation.
Experience stunt plane with a friend
2, according to British media reports, the horrific accident occurred 80 miles north of Cape Town, South Africa, the Lange Bang Ludwig City Air Force Base.
October 28, founded in 1968, the South African Air Force, the famous “Silver Falcon” aerobatic team at the base daily exercise training, well-trained pilots, Colonel Gerhard Delaolunsi driving a “Pilatus PC-7 type “stunt plane, is several thousand meters altitude at an alarming rate of high-speed flight, from time to time to make spiral, flip and dive and other difficult moves.
It is reported that the plane was apart from the pilot, Colonel Lawrence, there is one of his friends.
According to reports, the passenger non-military personnel, he had no flying experience, but after obtaining special permission from the military boarded the plane, stunt planes, the media did not disclose their names. Obviously, Colonel Lawrence wanted to let his good friend a good experience the special flight “stimulate feelings.”
“Rocket Man” thin air out of the cabin
But let Colonel Lawrence absolutely did not foresee was, this friend has experienced a more “stimulating” experience – he had like 007 films in the “Rocket Man” are generally “shot” out of a high-speed flying aircraft.
According to reports, when the aircraft during the flight of dazzling special effects, a continuous burst of air to roll later, the passengers feel the waves of dizziness, body rushed into the front seat. In order to maintain the stability of their own body, his hands unconsciously grasped his legs between a lever to try to maintain a balance. Unexpectedly, it was the ejection device joystick.
So that the passenger never dreamed that he inadvertently pressed the joystick on the “emergency escape ejection seat” button. Blink of an eye, his ejection seat sat two seats under the “emergency rockets” had been fired ignition, while the passenger Lianren Dai chair pop-up wind glass, such as artillery shells were fired in the same cabin!
Moment “sky” 100 m
According to Colonel Lawrence recalled that when he’s not the name of a friend and even issued a cry for help in time, they had “wind,” to soon as disappeared in the blue sky.
It stunned that, according to experts, when the cabin passengers were shot when the moment, the acceleration imposed on him as high as 20G (that is 20 times the acceleration of gravity), almost equivalent to an astronaut in the rocket launch can bear the greatest impact.
It was under this enormous impact, the passengers rushed to the aircraft between the blink of an eye above the 100-meter height, and then began to like the same scale mound slammed into the ground!
Automatic parachute survived
Since the passenger has not received any flight training, so he followed in the event of the sudden turn of events almost stunned the past. But fortunately, his body automatically open the reserve parachute in a timely manner, so that he finally safe to return to the ground intact.
South African Air Force helicopters in the vicinity of the airport langebaanweg to find the man. Subsequently, the Air Force, he was immediately sent to the nearest hospital for treatment.
Although the number of passengers from plunging to the ground altitude of 1000 meters, but there are parachutes of protection, he actually has not suffered any injury. At the same time, despite the pilot, Colonel Lawrence was shocked by this accident, but in the end he still managed to calmly and safely landed the aircraft at the air base.
It is reported that the man touched the joystick is “Pilatus PC-7 type” aircraft standard for pilots and passengers, an emergency escape.
Flying experts said that passengers were being “shot” out of the plane and actually still intact rated as very lucky survivor. One expert said: “He is too lucky, had not suffered any injury. Normally you have to accept a special after special training in order to safe to use ‘emergency escape seat’ planes shot himself.”
A retired Air Force flight instructor, said the man was probably wearing a flight suit, wearing a helmet. To eject from his plane to withstand the acceleration could be equivalent to 20 times the acceleration due to gravity, it would be lucky unhurt.
“Just pull the ejection lever 2.5 cm, and you’ll pop machine outside. You will feel a push back vigorously to bear,” the instructor said, “then the pilot seat automatically separated from the parachute to open. This is the for pilots during the ejection can not on their own (operational) and design. ”
In view of the ejection danger, even professional pilots also need to receive training. If you do not comprehend action essentials, ejection wrong posture might seriously damage or spinal cord, causing more serious consequences.
Military investigators a rare accident
It is reported that South African Air Force has begun a full investigation of this bizarre incident. British “Daily Telegraph” 2 quoted the words of the South African Air Force, a spokesman for the reports: “The incident is still under investigation. Can confirm that an ordinary passenger in an Air Force Base from the langebaanweg occasional flight took off from ‘ Silver Falcons’ flying squad ‘Pilatus PC-7′ fighter aircraft in the pop-up. passenger was not injured, has returned to langebaanweg. the aircraft landed safely. ”
Of that aircraft accidents, “Pilatus PC-7″ fighters have also been temporarily grounded by the hand of their checks to rule out any possible security risk.
It is reported that usually, South Africa, the military does not allow non-military civilian personnel boarded the special aircraft, Colonel Lawrence is not clear why the civilians will be licensed boarding friends. South African Air Force spokesman said: “According to military practice, the stunt is usually performed to exclude civilians from boarding the aircraft, but sometimes there are exceptions. Much of the information of the accident is still under investigation.”
