Air Show CF-18 Crash

[colby4601]

Some pretty amazing pictures from a CF-18 plane crash in Lethbridge, Alberta yesterday. The pilot safely and successfully ejected suffering minor injuries after being dragged down the runway.


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[vonirkinshtine]

INCREDIBLE PICTURES!


More incredible that the pilot suffered only minor injuries. Thank God for ejection seats.

 

[Stendec]

Or thank Martin-Baker for zero-zero ejection seats.


That's one of those things you cant practice. Punching out would be bad enough, but to do it at that altitude and speed while upside-down and hoping the things works as advertised takes stones. But it beats the alternative.

 

[RJ*]

I always wondered what happens to the career of a pilot that wrecks a multimillion dollar aircraft. Do you get another one, or are you stuck flying a desk until retirement?

 

[Jarred J.]

depends on if its pilot error or machine failure.

 

[nerdly_dood]

I always wondered what happens to the career of a pilot that wrecks a multimillion dollar aircraft. Do you get another one, or are you stuck flying a desk until retirement?

i was hearing a guy talk about ejecting from a plane once... air force...


...and now he's the president of Hampden-Sydney College.


No setbacks there. (He did fly again after the crash)

 

[ohi007]

awsome pics, thanks for sharing!!!

 

[Stendec]

I always wondered what happens to the career of a pilot that wrecks a multimillion dollar aircraft. Do you get another one, or are you stuck flying a desk until retirement?

It may be just the angle of the photo, but generally speaking big gouts of flames out of just one engine is pretty indicative of a mechanical problem. Regardless, he'll have to put up with lawn dart jokes for the rest of his career

 

[cory y]

im prior AF and ive known many and many pilots that have punched out and many go on to keep on flying after 2 or 3 ejections


it all depends on what the cercumstances are of the ejection.

 

[UndercoverVLS]

From what I am hearing it was an engine failure and one of the afterburners was glowing red-hot. So it sounds like mechanical issues.

 

[FreshDave04]

Video of the crash: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G26GQ7fgnWM

 

[grfd711]

Awesome pics.

 

[wkr518]

The pic with the ejection seat rockets firing is awesome.