Man Accidentally Pulls Eject Lever While Flying in Jet

Daily Mail ^ | 10/02/09 | FOX

[Doogle]

A passenger enjoying a civilian joyride accidentally cut the trip short when he ejected himself from the plane after grabbing the eject lever while trying to brace himself.

The passenger, who was flying in a Pilatus PC-7 Mk II with an air force pilot friend, The Daily Mail reported.

He was instantly blasted 320-feet into the sky by the rocket-powered chair, before floating to the ground with an automatic parachute, the paper reported.

[Doogle]

"Well now Nigel, I certainly do appreciate you give me the chance of a *WHOOOOSH* liiiiiifffeeee ttiiiiiimmmm

[autumnraine]

Ok, shouldn’t be like a step or two on that function?

Either way, that’s one hell of a ride!

[Ronin]

Terribly uncivilized of him, blasting off like that without saying bye bye...

[ansel12]

Who wouldn’t do that if they thought they could get away with it and not have to pay the expenses?

[ReneeLynn]

“Never touch THAT lever. Okay?”
“What? This one...AHHHHH.”

[krb]

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Oopsie Daisey!!

[jazusamo]

Ta Ta, Old Chap!

[trumandogz]

I hope he had an extra pair of pants.

[LibWhacker]

Embarrassing!

[The Magical Mischief Tour]

[HereInTheHeartland]

As the great thinker Bugs Bunny would say, “What a maroon”

[umgud]

Ah, the ole Charmin moment.

[Huskrrrr]

Michael Dukakis?

[RichInOC]

Okay, isn’t that the exact reason they usually brief passengers on what you’re not supposed to touch?

I wonder if the passenger’s name was Van Der Merwe.

[Man50D]

Can we go for another ride?

[F15Eagle]

How did they measure 320 feet?

:)

I would think it would be “approximately 300+ feet into the air”.

[FlyingEagle]

Bridgekeeper: Stop. What... is your name?
Galahad: Sir Galahad of Camelot.
Bridgekeeper: What... is your quest?
Galahad: I seek the Grail.
Bridgekeeper: What... is your favourite colour?
Galahad: Blue. No, yel...
[he is also thrown over the edge]
Galahad: auuuuuuuugh.

[Mr Rogers]

Years ago, a guy getting an incentive flight in an F-4 pulled the ejection handle while taxiing out to the runway. Fortunately, there was an interlock preventing ejection with the canopy up.

Unfortunately, it ended the incentive flight program...and the next guy in line was a bodybuilder. He beat the snot out of the guy.

[Randy Larsen]

Jet?

[dalereed]

“Who wouldn’t do that if they thought they could get away with it and not have to pay the expenses?”

If you ever knew anyone that had ejected you wouldn’t say that!

[Cobra64]

[digger48]

100 meters

They had to translate it for us

[Jo Nuvark]

Now that’s Waaaayyyyyyy more than he expected.

[ansel12]

I thought that depended on the plane?

[SunTzuWu]

“Journalists”... the Pilatus isn't a jet , it's a turboprop.

[Roscoe Karns]

[tet68]

Sweet looking bird, almost has a P-51 look to it.
I’d love to go up in it.

[Blood of Tyrants]

He was lucky to walk away unhurt. Most ejections result in back and neck injuries, or leg and ankle injuries. If he had been in a jet aircraft going several hundred miles per hour, he would not have escaped without injury.

[eyedigress]

I found a pilot within 10 minutes of ejection here in the US and he was pretty messed up. It’s as though he just awoke from a coma. His F-16 just spiraled down.

[buccaneer81]

Who wouldn’t do that if they thought they could get away with it and not have to pay the expenses?

Only an idiot. You can lose limbs during an ejection.

[PLMerite]

“Ok, shouldn’t be like a step or two on that function?”

There are.

You hear the missile approach warning go off, the pilot says “oh sh!t!” and out you go.

Seriously, when it’s time to get out, it’s time to get OUT.

[ansel12]

A lot of bad things can happen if it isn’t done right or at high jet speeds but it doesn’t seem to have hurt this guy.

[allmost]

:)

[Doogle]

I would think it would be “approximately 300+ feet into the air”.

...probably natural "booster" when his sphincter muscle relaxed

[Secret Agent Man]

New phrase: Premature Ejectulation

[NRA2BFree]

I bet he soiled himself when he took off. LOL

[arbee4bush]

Dang, now that was hilarious! Good job :D

[Harley]

There's probably a little more to this story than is out there. If you are sitting in an ejection seat all relaxed and it 'accidentially' goes off there's a risk of neck and back injuries plus losing an arm or leg when blasted out of the jagged confines of the cockpit. People have punched out of airplanes in the proper tucked position and braced for impact, did everything right and haven't come out of it without any injuries. Color this guy very lucky or a major scammer.

The real story was probably something like, "Hey what would happen if I pulled this lever?" Other guy, "I don't know why don't you try it and see what happens." "OK, Watch this." Whoosh "Bye."

[Doogle]

I remembering hearing about a backseater ejecting from an F-4 that just touched down, while I was stationed at Ubon.....seems it just got too “hot” for him...there was some sort of damage to the aircraft and he was literally starting to cook....hit got two swings on the chute and then runway....I believe he broke an ankle....

[Doogle]

New phrase: Premature Ejectulation

..not that "new"...I heard it while going through EGRESS class systems back in the late 60's

[Secret Agent Man]

New for me, wasn’t born then.

[Doogle]

probably

[Mr Rogers]

I’m not familiar with it, but I would believe it. If the AC got stuck on full hot, it was an emergency procedure. Don’t remember what the steps were for dealing with it...

[Recovering_Democrat]

I bet he needed a new pair of undies.

[death2tyrants]

The fault lies with engineering, not the passenger. The eject button was disguised as a cigarette lighter.

They should have never let this guy design it in the first place.

[grey_whiskers]

Winner of the inaugural Dede Scozzafava award.

Cheers!

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Probably 100 meters which would be 328 feet. Rounded down rather than up.

[scott7278]

I’m sure he left a different kind of trail...

[smokingfrog]

Don't touch the yellow handle!