Pilot ejects in jet crash near Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, White Settlement police say

WFAA (DFW) ^ | 12/15/2022 | Briauna Brown

[j.havenfarm]

White Settlement? That’s an amazing thing. Really does appear to have gotten its name from the fact that white people settled there. I’m surprised the name survives
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Settlement,_Texas

[farmguy]

There was a stink about it a while back.

The name is historically based on the white people living in Indian territory.

The woke group lost out.

[SamAdams76]

This appears to be in UTAH or some such place.

[crusty old prospector]

Fort Worth.

[CA_soon_gone]

White Settlement is on the western edge of Ft Worth.

[SamAdams76]

Fort Worth never crossed my mind.

[crusty old prospector]

George, is that you?

[SamAdams76]

Darn straight.

[Eleutheria5]

It’s where the spirit of Matt Dillon beat a gunman to the draw inside a church.

Maybe they can change the name of the town to Trigger-happy European Oppressor Infestation, to make the wokes happy again. They’re normally such cheery folk./s

[crusty old prospector]

I’ll be in Amarillo by morning.

[MIchaelTArchangel]

I live within baseball throwing distance of a place called White Cemetary. It was started by a family surnamed White who like most people with that surname were not.

[TChad]

The pilot ejected after "landing." This is a very strange video:

https://www.wltx.com/article/news/national/plane-crash-near-fort-worth-joint-reserve-base-white-settlement/287-06b87894-1569-404b-9d0b-748af02f75e0

[dsrtsage]

Its just west of dallas, and is the only city in the US where you can leave your house or car unlocked

[tuffydoodle]

“Its just west of dallas, and is the only city in the US where you can leave your house or car unlocked”

When was the last time you were in White Settlement? And it’s not just west of Dallas, it’s west of Fort Worth.

[twister881]

F-35B is a VSTOL variant. Looks like a perhaps a gear collapse after landing, and the pilot may have attempted to get airborne again. It is strange — ejected instead of remaining with the aircraft. Onboard fire?

[TChad]

F-35B is a VSTOL variant.

Glad to hear it. I was thinking that the plane's anti-gravity module might need tweaking.

[Seruzawa]

Maybe a software glitch makes the ejection seat fire when the pilot pushes the “off” button.

[TChad]

Here's a direct Twitter link to video of the bizarre landing, followed by the pilot's ejection.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1603472615963824138