[Gay State Conservative]

I'm an old Army guy who loves those carrier videos on youtube.I've seen the video.IIRC the “paddles” knew that she was in trouble 5 or 10 seconds before she ejected. I think she had some kind of engine failure but I recall reading that carrier pilots are trained for such an event.

[offduty]

I believe the jet suffered compressor stall on final approach to the carrier. I believe she ejected, but the jet was at such an angle that rather then the seat going up, it was launched in either a horizontal or even a slightly downward angle.

[minnesota_bound]

#19 The F-14 had bad engines at that time. The plane rolled when she punched out too late.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Compressor stall, aircraft rolled and ejected too late. RIO survived.