Fortunately the man escaped serious injury when he landed by parachute to land in a field near the border with Germany.
An unexpected gift colleagues were caught off guard by the 64-year-old Frenchman. He is so scared that ejected from a jet fighter during the flight.
The man made a surprise for the employees of his firm, which arranged for a entertaining ride in a jet aircraft Dassault Rafale B as a gift. But I think they ought to know my colleague better.
As soon as the man arrived at the airbase Saint Dizier in northeast France and realized that he had planned his colleagues, he is very nervous. The man, whose name was not called, never said that he would like to fly a fighter plane. He had no experience of military service in aviation, told investigators in the case.
«The man had been surprised by the employees at his firm, who had organized a joyride in a Dassault Rafale B jet for him as a treat … The unnamed man had never expressed any desire to fly in a fighter jet and had no previous military aviation experience» https://t.co/8gGlNxbnj4
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) April 13, 2020
The clock that was on the man showed that «he had palpitations» before the flight, and recorded the number of beats per minute ranged from 136 to 142.
The man climbed aboard the fighter Rafale B, which is used by the French army and gaining the maximum speed of 870 mph. When the plane was at an altitude of 2,500 feet, the pilot began to climb up, and the passenger panicked. As in the case of the reaction of the teacher of the driving school, when you confuse the gas and brake pedals, the man also reached for something to grab. Unfortunately, this proved to be an ejection button, and 64-year-old man flew out of the fighter.
What’s worse, his helmet was badly buckled, and he fell off the head of a man in the air. Fortunately, he escaped serious injury, after landing on the ground on a parachute in a field near the border with Germany. After landing on the ground the passenger was taken to a nearby hospital.
The error was triggered reflex men caused by stress and sharp movements, concluded the investigators.
The pilot of the plane did not ejected and was able to land it safely.
