GroovyMotion Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 "When you have time to make a controlled ejection, you point the plane in a safe, uninhabited direction," he said. "And the plane flew for a little bit longer before impacting in an empty field." http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/2-military-pilots-eject-safely-before-crash-at-15-wing-moose-jaw-1.2510345 Glad they are both safe! Incredible, to think about where to let the aircraft crash safely when your life is in danger! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_YVR Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 I wonder if the option to belly land it ever came up? There are risks associated with ejecting and also with a gear up landing for sure. Will be interesting to see an official report on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyMotion Posted January 25, 2014 Author Share Posted January 25, 2014 I wonder if the option to belly land it ever came up? There are risks associated with ejecting and also with a gear up landing for sure. Will be interesting to see an official report on this. Yup...there must have been a reason why the pilot didn't go this route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyMotion Posted January 25, 2014 Author Share Posted January 25, 2014 "Once they got airborne and retracted their gear, they noticed they had an unsafe `up' indication so they would have tried to cycle the gear back down to get in a position to be able to land," said base commander Capt. Paul Goddard. so there could be the reason why he didn't try to land on the belly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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