20 March 2019: French Rafale navigator ejected by accident..

[Stratofreighter]

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=223248

The aircraft was taking off when the seat ejection device of the navigator tripped.
The pilot managed to land the aircraft safely.

The 64-year-old navigator, who is not a soldier,
was thrown off the runway and suffered serious injuries, including back injuries.

Hospitalized, he is in a stable and conscious state.

The pilot suffered cuts in his hands because of broken glass cockpit.

... https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=223248
has more...

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https://lemamouth.blogspot.com/2019/03/ ... saint.html

L'accident aérien a eu lieu avant 14h, l'armée de l'air n'avait toujours pas communiqué à 18h25.
Le passager serait un sexagénaire.
Les vols sont autorisés par le CEMPN de Percy,
qui décide de l’aptitude siège éjectable et de l’état de santé.
Tandis que c’est le cabinet de la ministre qui les autorise.

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[Le Addeur noir]

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I guess the rules will be tightened as to which non-military personnel may ride on fast jets after this.

Lucky he wasn't killed.

[Stratofreighter]

...you gotta be kidding me...
https://www.aerotime.aero/clement.charp ... n-incident

on 8th April 2020


Fighter jet crash averted by defect in civil ejection incident

On March 20, 2019,
a civilian passenger was accidentally ejected from a twin-seat Rafale B fighter jet
as the aircraft was taking off from Saint-Dizier 113 airbase, eastern France.

The final report of the French investigation bureau for State aviation safety (BEA-E)
on the incident outlines a chain reaction of both human and technical failures,
one of which unexpectedly prevented the fighter jet from crashing.

Passenger unprepared and mishandled

https://www.aerotime.aero/clement.charp ... n-incident

The BEA-E states that the absence of experience and the lack of preparation
due to the surprise caused a lot of stress on the passenger,
who had “never expressed a desire to carry out this type of flight, and in particular on Rafale”.

The victim said he was given close to no possibility to refuse the flight from the moment it was announced to him.
The social pressure of his colleagues also contributed to the stress.

Technical flaw saves the aircraft

Additionally to the mishandling of the passenger,
the incident revealed something else:
a malfunction of the ejection seat.

https://www.aerotime.aero/clement.charp ... n-incident ...has much more...

[stanak]

industrial VIP guest.