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F-15 pilots eject from plane on St. Louis runway

2년 전 제출됨

One pilot injured and one not injured. Occurred while airplane was on the runway at MidAmerica Airport (www.stltoday.com) 기타...

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Chris B 2년 전 17

News at 11, F15 rejects pilots and activates the ejection seats. :)

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Jeremy Truesdell 2년 전 5

Looks like they had a runway excursion and panicked. Those seats may be Zero-Zero, but I definitely wouldn’t want to take that ride on the ground unless I had to.

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tomasz dabrowski 2년 전 4

One landed at gate 1 the other at gate 7.

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Mike Davis 2년 전 4

Aren't you supposed to check all systems, pull all the handles?

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Heatseekerws6 2년 전 16

Check that box...EJECT handle works!

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Gary Eldridge 2년 전 2

Hey, what's this red handle? Let's see if it does anything.

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mmc7090 2년 전 2

That's what a real pink slip looks like.
AQP try again? Maybe a good look at the simulator checks next time?

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Mike Webb 2년 전 3

Yup, if military.com says that both people on the aircraft were US servicemen, then they probably were.

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Jesse Carroll 2년 전 1

The ejection seats worked just fine! All the other BS in the reviews is just that! BS!!!

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EMK69 2년 전 1

https://www.riverbender.com/articles/details/two-pilots-survive-ejectionemergency-f15-airplane-landing-at-midamerica-st-louis-airport-50304.cfm

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JMARTINSON 2년 전 0

Anybody know who was driving?

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Michael Enzmann 2년 전 1

The Military Times states they were members of the US Military, one USAF pilot and the other US Navy. They were performing a check ride required before an aircraft can be turned over to a foreign buyer.

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Robert Joseph 2년 전 -6

I would assume the Qatar Emiri Air Force pilot was the pilot in command. It'll be interested to see who it was. Possibly their guy in the front seat and ours in the back.

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EMK69 2년 전 5

“An F-15QA, recently accepted by the Air Force from the Boeing Corporation, departed the runway today at MidAmerica Airport, Ill. Two U.S. active-duty pilots who were on board ejected safely and received minor injuries. The aircraft was slated to be transferred to the Qatari Air Force through the Foreign Military Sales program. The incident is currently under investigation."

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Dale Ballok 2년 전 -1

If the plane “departed the runway”, then I assume it took off. If it did, how did it not crash?
Very confusing story!!!

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Michael Penney 2년 전 5

Picture looks like departed runway into grass.

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Diallo Creal 2년 전 2

"Departed the rwy" is a phrase used when a landing a/c (or one taking off that isn't yet airborne) goes off the side or end of the runway. Sounds like they landed and either didn't slow down in time before the end or had a directional control problem. Leaving a prepared surface in a fighter a/c at high speed is more dangerous than in a transport category a/c due to the relatively high/thin landing gear. Ejecting can be the preferred option in many cases.

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