Man accidentally ejects himself from plane

[nickflic3]

Pretty sure this isn't a re-post but I thought it was hilarious!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/02/south-africa-passenger-ejector-seat

[SamE30e]

Sounds fun.

[stevofthahill]

Hold on, South Africa has an Air Force?

[namsayin]

Hold on, South Africa has an Air Force?

[kishg]

Hold on, South Africa has an Air Force?

ignorance much? South Africa has a pretty advanced military and defense industry. it's an outcome of the long period of sanctions imposed during the apartheid period.

[mcr_driver]

Why thank you sir buzzkillington i'm sure he was just joking, like i am :P

But back on subject hilarious...

[e30-RTN]

Why thank you sir buzzkillington

[kishg]

Why thank you sir buzzkillington i'm sure he was just joking, like i am :P

But back on subject hilarious...

your welcome lord presumptive-assumption ;)

[stevofthahill]

ignorance much? South Africa has a pretty advanced military and defense industry. it's an outcome of the long period of sanctions imposed during the apartheid period.

[bimmerboy08]

I'm surprised they didn't stress the importance of not grabbing the yellow and black lever during the passenger's pre-brief.

[ben312]

I'm surprised they didn't stress the importance of not grabbing the yellow and black lever during the passenger's pre-brief.

so you just didn't read it at all? or just stopped somewhere?

Passengers would have been briefed on the ejection sequence and warned that the "loop" between his legs was not to be touched unless the pilot called "Eject, eject, eject" during the flight. Such a briefing is done routinely, even when two qualified pilots are involved in the flight.

[HiTheNameIsBJ]

Im going to guess this wouldn't have ended as well if he was ejected mid flip. Maybe he would have gotten the darwin award he deserves

[Erik]

Im going to guess this wouldn't have ended as well if he was ejected mid flip. Maybe he would have gotten the darwin award he deserves

Hahaha yeah but it's actually pretty awesome that he's alright. That probably scared the shit out of the pilot. Imagine what he went through when that happened and still safely landed the plane.