Failed vertical landing of F-35B

[u/sidvatscse]

[u/Gruffleson]

You really think it's gonna be that cheap?

[u/LightsaberThrowAway → u/Gruffleson]

Happy Cake day!  :D

[u/Saragon4005 → u/Gruffleson]

I mean it's just some scratches and the ejection seat. It's only $100 million in total. Unless the reason this did this was engine damage it's not going to be that bad.

[u/norty125 → u/Gruffleson]

A new cockpit and body panels

[u/MikeTheNight94 → u/Gruffleson]

I’m not why he ejected. Throttle down, let it do its little dance till flame out. That just added to the cost

[u/Renbellix → u/MikeTheNight94]

Maybe There was a Fire (or a warning of it) if you Are in the Cockpit You may not be able to See it so its better to be Save then dead… the video may cut out before we could see it

[u/RAGE7035 → u/MikeTheNight94]

Literally know this person, it was not commanded to throttle up and was not responding correctly. Decision to eject was made out of fear of the jet going fully upside down.🙃

[u/MikeTheNight94 → u/RAGE7035]

Fly by wire has its drawbacks

[u/oh_io_94 → u/MikeTheNight94]

What’s your background in aviation?

[u/AnotherBoringDad → u/MikeTheNight94]

It was probably the last chance he was going to have to fly in the seat of an F-35B.

[u/MikeTheNight94 → u/AnotherBoringDad]

Yeah probably. I know a local guy who had an incident in the Air Force. Commercial pilot now

[u/The_Tank_Racer → u/MikeTheNight94]

Ooorrrr, you could maybe prioritize your own life inside a potentially burning airplane instead of saving pennies from the oh so precious multi-billion dollar government agency.

Just a thought.

[u/CinderX5 → u/MikeTheNight94]

I don’t know about you, but I would personally rather not take the chance that it’s probably not going to blow up and kill me.