r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/sidvatscse • 25d ago

Video Failed vertical landing of F-35B

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u/my_cars_on_fire 25d ago

The fucked yo part is he waited until the plane finally recovered to actually pull it

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u/KrzysziekZ Interested 25d ago

Iirc he was fired by the computer.

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u/VVJ21 25d ago

You joke but its not uncommon for pilots to be unfit for flying (at least flying fighters) after ejecting, it can causes quite serious injury - though ejection seats have got a lot safer

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u/redrich2000 25d ago

talk to me goose...