The AAIB found the seat’s safety pin was not fully installed and the previously disconnected harness chest strap caught on and inadvertently actuated the seat’s handle. The deceased instructor pilot, ...

A passenger believed to be conducting a familiarisation flight with the US Air National Guard accidentally ejected from a Boeing F-15D fighter jet while taxiing. Video circulating on social media ...

The aircraft was on standby inside a hardened shelter when its ejection system was activated, rocketing the pilot and weapon systems officer into the bunker’s roof, according to the Telegram channel ...

Ejector seats are designed to be as safe as possible—but there are obvious inherent dangers in a rocket-powered ejection from a fast-moving aircraft. Ejecting from a fighter jet is a wrenchingly ...