ejection seat
noun
: an emergency escape seat for propelling an occupant out and away from an airplane
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According to the base, the incident occurred around 1:55 p.m. on Monday, when the ejection seat of the trainer aircraft, a T-6A Texan II, activated during ground operations.
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Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 14 May 2024
An Air Force instructor pilot has died after the ejection seat on his aircraft activated while the plane was operating on the ground, officials said.
—Jon Haworth, ABC News, 14 May 2024
The ejection mechanism is designed to automatically blast the canopy glass above the pilot open and outward before rocketing them to safety using a Collins Aerospace ACES 5 ejection seat.
—Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 23 June 2023
The cockpit of the aircraft reportedly had poor visibility, with an ejection seat which wrapped around the pilot's head.
—Madeline Beck, Detroit Free Press, 14 Aug. 2023
Filer was still trying to resolve the problem and maneuver the airplane toward a runway, but his ejection seat fired and he was launched out of the aircraft, the report said.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 26 Aug. 2023
The MiG-23UB was performing a low-level pass over the Thunder Over Michigan air show when the pilot and copilot abruptly fired their ejection seats, their parachutes carrying them to safety.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 17 Aug. 2023
But pilot visibility reportedly was poor and the ejection seat wrapped around the pilot's head.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 14 Aug. 2023
The Australian Hornets differed only in having the irrelevant carrier landing equipment removed, as well as minor alterations to their radios, landing systems and ejection seat straps.
—Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 23 June 2023
Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 14 May 2024
An Air Force instructor pilot has died after the ejection seat on his aircraft activated while the plane was operating on the ground, officials said.
—Jon Haworth, ABC News, 14 May 2024
The ejection mechanism is designed to automatically blast the canopy glass above the pilot open and outward before rocketing them to safety using a Collins Aerospace ACES 5 ejection seat.
—Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 23 June 2023
The cockpit of the aircraft reportedly had poor visibility, with an ejection seat which wrapped around the pilot's head.
—Madeline Beck, Detroit Free Press, 14 Aug. 2023
Filer was still trying to resolve the problem and maneuver the airplane toward a runway, but his ejection seat fired and he was launched out of the aircraft, the report said.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 26 Aug. 2023
The MiG-23UB was performing a low-level pass over the Thunder Over Michigan air show when the pilot and copilot abruptly fired their ejection seats, their parachutes carrying them to safety.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 17 Aug. 2023
But pilot visibility reportedly was poor and the ejection seat wrapped around the pilot's head.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 14 Aug. 2023
The Australian Hornets differed only in having the irrelevant carrier landing equipment removed, as well as minor alterations to their radios, landing systems and ejection seat straps.
—Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 23 June 2023
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