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Straight ahead looked good. set the throttle back to idle. when we're ready, and the ground was coming up fast so it was time to go. >> are you ready? >> i am ready. >> okay. prepare to abandon the aircraft. >> ready. >> eject, eject, eject. >> it's an explosive situation. you're literally sitting on a rocket. >> the jet is completely destroyed, but both pilots survive the violent ejection process. >> in our case, with this airplane, there is a minimum detonating cord that explodes the canopy around your head so the seat can go through faster. it's a big huge explosion. i remember one of the b...

Destroyed but both pilots survived the violent ejection process. >> it has minute ter debt minute na tur debt ton nating commitment. >> i remember the explosion. it was a big white flash right in my face. it felt like i exploded my face. and then the seat goes up to up to a 20 g acceleration. i remember a small pain in my back and when the chute opened up again, that reconfirmed the pain in my back. i hit the ground pretty hard and i did further damage to myself. i broke my femur. it shattered on contact. >> having better luck, the british pilot escapes with minor injuries and captain hut chea...

Survive the violent ejection process. >> in our case, with this airplane, there is a minimum detonating cord that explodes the canopy around your head so the seat can can go through faster. it's a big huge explosion. i remember one of the biggest memories of the whole event was the big white flash right in my face. it felt like i exploded myself. then the seat goes up to 20 g acceleration as it takes you up the rail. the ejection force itself, i really remembered it very strong pain in my back and when the chute opened up again, it was just a reconfirmed the pain in my back. i hit the ground p...

>> going to try to get a restart going. >> okay. >> okay. engine is stopped. >> with time running out, hut prepares to eject. his last has being is to aim the jet where it will do the least harm when it crashes. >> i took a quick look around to see where the airplane was going. straight ahead looked good. set the throttle back to idle. the ground was coming up fast so it was time to go. >> are you ready? >> i am ready. >> okay. prepare to abandon the aircraft. >> eject, eject, eject. >> it's an explosive situation. you're literally sitting on a rocket. >> the jet is completely destroyed but bo...

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