Video: Pilot ejects from F-35B near White Settlement, Texas

A jet reportedly crashed in White Settlement Thursday morning, police say.
The White Settlement Police Department told WFAA that emergency crews responded to the scene around 10:15 a.m. near the Fort Worth Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base.
Police confirmed the pilot of the aircraft ejected. His or her condition is unknown at this time.
The investigation into the jet crash started immediately. Video of the incident shows an F-35B hovering while landing Thursday at the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base. Kitt Wilder thought it would be cool to record it.
"It started off cool. It was hovering down and then it bounced. Lost balance, I guess. And nosedive continued to keep the nose on the ground," said Wilder.
In a statement to WFAA, Lockheed Martin said an investigation is underway.
Warning, graphic language.
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[@shelbyvillerules9962]

"And what was your altitude when you ejected from the aircraft?" "About 3 feet"

[@MrMaajabuyamusa]

Altitude is feet or meters above sea level.

[@shelbyvillerules9962]

@@MrMaajabuyamusa This specific joke was using AGL altitude. 😉

[@critical_always]

@@MrMaajabuyamusa sad

[@dragonraptor3435]

The agl altitude was actually zero if you look at the video. The wheels were on the ground when the canopy popped.

[@iravigil40]

I just read that in beetlejuice's voice "bout 20 feet"

[@IIISentorIII]

A pilot once told me that hesitating a couple of seconds to eject is the reason many pilots die.

[@peppi0304]

Dying is only when ejecting at high speeds but i think the hesitation comes from spinal injuries that renders them not suitable anymore as pilots

[@SnuffySpaghetti]

@@peppi0304 He's saying hesitation in a serious situation with split second decisions can get you killed. In this case, he waited way too long. If he hit the ground and a fuel tank ruptured without the pilot thinking he needed to eject, his life could have ended right here on video. Uncertainty, inaction, dead. No bueno.

[@hanzfranz7739]

@@SnuffySpaghetti To be fair: You are controlling a 110 million dollar vehicle - a one in a lifetime chance. You trained all your life for this - the moment you eject your dream is most likely over.

[@TheQueenofMaggots]

@@hanzfranz7739 Yup, also you have a 30% to fracture your spine, I have heard ranges of 14-16Gs or 5-20Gs, either way its better than the alternative

[@TheQueenofMaggots]

@@hanzfranz7739 Yup, also you have a 30% to fracture your spine and 10% chance of dying

[@anthonyrogers3027]

If only the inventors of ejection seat could see how far their invention has come. One of the most important contribution to any Air Force Squadron.

[@BCJerbs]

100%truth right there

[@cedhome7945]

Thanks to Mr Martin and Mr baker (worth looking them up)

[@zigman8550]

@@cedhome7945 My uncle and his backseater had to eject from his F-4 in Vietnam over friendly territory using Martin Baker ejection seats. The company sent him a wall plaque and a red necktie. It was a welcome to the club gift.

[@happytrailsgaming]

What about if only the wright brothers could see what they started lol

[@tkeuvelaar9689]

Marine F-35B in this mishap.

[@tdmap2241]

It is amazing to see how the seat and the pilot separate after ejection.

[@TrueHelpTV]

This is why I preach about engineering stuff to break on purpose. Fail points save lives and reduce repair costs when you can control what is going to break. (Once deployed, the connecting straps aren't strong enough to hold the seat, so it disconnects.

[@augustopinochet3830]

Just seen millions ejected from taxpayers in 5 seconds

[@nidhirajgr8]

Seat kicks off pilot as soon as it lands

[@Tennis214]

@@augustopinochet3830 Hey mishaps are bound to happen right? Surely you want our nations fighter pilots to be trained

[@mortimerwake2974]

I'd rather they not exist. Somalia doesn't need to receive more bombings from the US.

[@loz254]

That moment you realized that ejecting was more dangerous than the actual plane coming to a miraculous stand still at the end.

[@friendlyreptile9931]

Dosn't matter b.c. it was still a "maybe" situation. He did the right thing.

[@chancepayne3013]

50/50 shot, ball of flame, or bad back honestly

[@cmpremlap]

For real, had to make a choice I guess, hats off to his bravery, fantastically somehow saved the jet from becoming a fire ball

[@The_Kinnymon]

That pilot is worth more to the military than any jet.

[@sakariaskarlsson634]

Well it could have exploded, its a diffucult call, he should have ejected sooner in fact. Planes have this nasty habit to do that

[@user-dd1bb4tw4r]

"Your lower spinal injury is not service related"

[@tncorgi92]

Can relate

[@stargazer7644]

Seeing as how this plane didn't belong to the military and the pilot is not in the service it seems reasonable that would be the case.

[@DZ477]

@@stargazer7644 What?

[@stargazer7644]

@@DZ477 The aircraft was on a manufacturer test flight flown by a Lockheed Martin test pilot prior to delivery to the government.

[@BOX3DOUT]

Fk the VA.

[@briannfs2]

“There was a spider in the cockpit. That’s what started this whole thing.” My wife…

[@BubbaSimmz]

Tell her to shut her dumb trap. This kind of thing can and does paralyze pilots for LIFE.

[@WRXXXual]

😂👍

[@reboundrides8132]

Hahaha that’s awesome

[@politicallyunreliable4985]

...and me!

[@HurtadoFelipe]

🤣

[@Chiggi0815]

The awkward realization that you might have pulverized your spine for nothing.

[@tdrewman]

I was thinking the same.. The ends up stopping 3 seconds after ejected.

[@Shloomy_Shloms]

The plane automatically ejected him, he didn’t initiate anything according to the investigations

[@je7647]

@@tdrewman cant really say that, hindsight only exist because we saw what came after the moment the polit had a decision to make I would have gone sooner personally, but understand someone who would not go at all. and I this the pilots decision was based on good judgement, and watching it back it would not regret it even if he risked his spine.

[@tonamg53]

Better than the awkward realisation that your body is now on fire because you didn’t eject.

[@atlesifeyst2185]

​@tonamg53 you know they suffer burns from the ejection seat rockets 😂😂

[@briankeeley6464]

Wow! Nice to see the escape system working properly.

[@watterztrail7870]

@Dino Sauro haha f-35 bad hahahahaha

[@ByEduMema_GP]

@@dinosauro9546 maybe xD

[@ThePainkiller3666]

And at such a low altitude too.

[@ApeX2411]

Martin-Baker Mk.16 Ejection Seats. The latest and greatest. They are actually designed as "zero-zero" seats, meaning zero altitude and zero speed.

[@eleventy-seven]

@@ApeX2411 A neck and back breaker as the upright position caused by the fan right behind the pilot does not allow the more typical leaned back ejection of F16s causing compressed vertebra and damage. A very narrow weight profile for pilots is in effect. Hope they are AOK. this plane is trouble. See Australia F35 problems. They are not happy with our fighter.

[@tomgates316]

Am always amazed at how ejection seats always seem to draw pilot back toward the wreck. Glad to see he was ok here.

[@planetcaravan2925]

He has a shorter walk to fix it

[@Pendosa768]

broken leg for sure atleast. since he was eject from that height

[@unelectedleader6494]

The protocol for rejection, if there is such a perfect thing, is to pull back on the stick and try to stall and then eject so that you don’t have as much G on you while doing it. But here the issue is hitting the ground fairly hard.

[@stargazer7644]

The ejection seat didn't draw him back, the plane would be facing into the wind. The plane keeps moving forward, the wind carries the parachute backwards.

[@SteveJobIess]

Interesting how the contractors for the airforce design based on a flat earth model.

[@kylecooper4812]

It hurts to see such an expensive aircraft damaged, but what’s much more important is the pilot! I’m glad he’s alive, and I hope the ejection didn’t hurt too much!

[@MedroffYT]

I'm sure it gave him a concussion and popped his eardrums.

[@PlaylistKiiing]

@@MedroffYT Rather that then watch the jet explode with him in it.

[@MedroffYT]

@@PlaylistKiiing I can see you commented but it's not in this thread

[@Trillion_Dollar_Extreme]

Why do we have wetards flying aircraft?

[@axumitedessalegn3549]

Probably damaged his leg. Not enough altitude to create the needed drag.

[@delawarepilot]

That parachute landing, that was brutal.

[@johnp139]

PLFs are one of the big contributors to injuries.

[@Dulc3B00kbyBrant0n]

@@josiah7913 ....... take ur brainchip

[@cat-tj1xk]

@@josiah7913yeah you know nothing about ejections

[@BigDickMark]

@@josiah7913 No idea what you're talking about.

[@bryanp.1327]

That was a pretty soft landing all things considered, I'd be more worried about the extreme acceleration compressing their vertebrae.

[@andyburch1819]

Sounded like engines wouldn’t throttle down? Wow

[@my-yt-inputs2580]

Yeah that's what I was thinking.

[@BigKandRtv]

Same. Also, that white smoke at the tail seems odd. Not sure if that's normal.

[@blitz21]

The Tornado had a system which if the engine had a problem it gave a 100% power to hopefully get you out of trouble. Might have the same and malfunctioned.

[@cikame]

I wouldn't be surprised if the F-35 had an auto land function which is what went wrong here, i'm just speculating, Harrier pilots would cut the throttle just before landing to stop this from happening, the closer to the ground it is the more it pushes back up.

[@Gecko....]

Just take the key out of the ignition, same thing you do in a car when the throttle is stuck

[@cfusername]

Something seemed to be wrong with the rear exhaust nozzle or the control surfaces. I don’t think it was a pilot error. Looks more like the aircraft misbehaved somehow.

[@brockpitcher8911]

i think it looked more like a total loss of function on the forward fan

[@cheech460]

Sounded as such also

[@jamesblackmon7531]

It went nose down, perhaps the nose wheel collapsed.

[@cheech460]

@jamesblackmon7531 the front landing gear didn5 collapse until in went hard nose down.

[@noahhastings6145]

The F-35 misbehaved?!?! Say it aint so!

[@BC99]

Incredible to see the ejection tech at work, the angle of ejection, the seat detaching etc. It must have taken many years to get it to work so efficiently.

[@naughtyUphillboy]

decades

[@panickal]

@Let the flames takeover Hm, maybe you're right. I think that would be in the comments.

[@richardjohnson8009]

im surprised how smooth that malfunction was, that could have been fatal easily.

[@sirclarkmarz]

Looked like an Asian woman trying to park a BMW

[@Wolfboy_109]

Yeaa

[@dand5593]

Maybe is a mistake and not malfunction

[@qwanathomas735]

F35, just like the old Harrier, death traps.

[@zillpickle8910]

@@dand5593 Maybe it's a feature lol

[@linedanzer4302]

The narration was priceless! Never seen anything like that before. Glad he made it out safely.

[@johnwhodat8135]

😆

[@johnwhodat8135]

The video taper was excellent!😂

[@johnwhodat8135]

You can't describe the situation any better than him.

[@morethan3756]

I was expecting.. "Oh, the humanity! "

[@SolarWebsite]

I'm just happy he didn't point the camera at his shoes the moment the plane touched down.

[@joeycarter8846]

There seemed to be a clear change in the rear exhaust just before the nose was jammed into the pavement, which broke the nose gear. The engine seemed to be stuck wide open before pilot ejected. Pretty wild.

[@mikeallen5291]

Must have borrowed tech from late 1980s ford/Mercury cruise controil. lol

[@Turboy65]

Throttle control is reassigned when in VTOL mode. The engine is under automatic control and the pilot's power input is now assigned to the front/back inputs applied to the joystick. In this mode the pilot has less authority over what the engine is doing, in order to prevent him from reducing the throttle too much and falling out of the sky.

[@StragglerTx]

Similar to how falcon x cam land , pilot probably did on purpose to smooth the crash a lil bit .

[@euriorzabal5213]

It looks like the rear engine overpowered the fan at center mass somehow and tipped it forward.

[@LUFC00]

None of you know what you're talking about

[@jeanday9747]

Sir, I was approximately flying about 5 feet in elevation when I inadvertantly ejected from the jet. Sir, I then ran to the barracks to change my shorts. Thank goodness the pilot got out.

[@Craiglife777]

Man....whiskey throttle in an F-35.....glad his seat appeared to work well. Hope he is ok.

[@sandymoonstone855]

cc : stop the texts stop the wrecks🧐

[@bennypit4411]

He'd be a lot better had he not ejected. I bet he regrets it now

[@sirclarkmarz]

The Martin Baker ejection seat is engineered and manufactured in England , since 1945 their ejection seats have saved 7674 air crew lives .

[@hughjanus8211]

hope he operates a desk for the rest of his life. This is what happens when the millenials are the primary age flying our nations war birds

[@MrShackleforth]

@@hughjanus8211 what a nonsense statement, I bet these guys work harder than you ever could

[@noire.blackheart]

Imagine if he ejected and landed right back into the cockpit

[@timothychance9258]

Underrated comment

[@walkie1985]

This shouldn’t be funny but somehow it is 🤣

[@jackd9928]

@@timothychance9258 Overused response

[@timothychance9258]

@@jackd9928 So? Lol

[@starpawsy]

Chuck Yeager once got his by an ejection seat after he separated from it.

[@beachparty7725]

Hope his spine is ok😬

[@beachparty7725]

@@jonasbaine3538 Oh gosh. Well i hope he makes a full recovery. Thanks for the update

[@thecircusfreak5364]

@@jonasbaine3538 ‘Not okay’, like you have the slightest idea of whether or not he’s injured. Don’t comment unless you know something, this just happened.

[@bvpis3263]

@@thecircusfreak5364 ejector seats subject a pilot to more force than the human spine should take, as you probably did or didnt know after reading your comment but uh, no not okay

[@MaxCaud]

@@thecircusfreak5364 Ugh.. he has a pretty high chance of at least having a spinal fracture. That's the cost of strapping a rocket to a seat...

[@HiAdrian]

@@thecircusfreak5364 Isn't it that people are _always_ injured by these ejections (a tradeoff)? I think that's what he means.

[@ja37d-34]

Hope the pilot is safe and feels well, considering the circumstances.

[@sandymoonstone855]

JA : stop the texts , stop the wrecks🧐

[@koby9356]

Billion of money lost 😡

[@ceoatcrystalsoft4942]

@@koby9356 F-35 is garbage so it's expected

[@manuelpiston]

@@ceoatcrystalsoft4942 no is not

[@manuelpiston]

@@koby9356 they did not

[@joereazor]

The cameraman made a top classified incident available to the public

[@sac78008]

During hover, there was a white mist flowing profusely just above the exhaust. I don't know if that's normal. I'm speculating there was a loss of engine power or hydraulic control. The mist may have been vaporized fuel or hydraulic fluid.

[@stephenbillings]

Looked at some hovering F35 video's. The mist is not normal, so there could have been some sort of problem, with something. Not going to guess, as It will be down to the AAIB or NTSB to find out what went wrong.

[@ianrobertson3419]

@@stephenbillings it's under military jurisdiction. They will investigate but the findings may never be made public. They don't need an excuse but the jet has many secret bits they wouldn't talk about.

[@rixille]

Yea I noticed that too..

[@OregonCrow]

wut

[@btownballer27]

There is a lot of issues with this plane and they have said there are some that have been addressed. Unfortunately they never reveal the actual shortcomings because the tech is classified. I imagine something like this will be addressed and won't happen again or will be fixed rapidly. The F35 is magic but it has its hurdles being so advanced/versatile.

[@danielconquer909]

"I immediately regret this ejection"

[@cedhome7945]

She said !

[@fidelcatsro6948]

it was painful for him but he saved the plane from a total loss!! if he ejected earlier he would have landed comfortable but the plane would have dropped like an apple and burst into pieces!

[@johnheaney6383]

That’s going to hurt regardless! Hope the pilots ok.

[@sandymoonstone855]

JH : stop the texts stop the wrecks🧐

[@TheVeraciety]

All things considered, that actually wasn’t as bad as it could’ve been. It’s a relatively new aircraft, they’re still working out the kinks. Glad the pilot seems to be safe, and the aircraft is reparable. Although, I would love to see the de-classified report for that.

[@RichardCranium321]

its not that new... f35 is just a modern YF23

[@dumplingcat4215]

@@RichardCranium321 the YF-23 is a COMPLETELY different design from the YF-23. Do you even know what the Black Widow looks like? Edit: The F-35 entered service in 2015 so yes, it is quite new considering that the average age of an American fighter jet is about 25 years. (Obviously I'm talking about the ones that are still in service)

[@RichardCranium321]

@@dumplingcat4215 wow.... you edited that and *still* messed it up Why don't you take a deep breath, erase that word salad, and try again

[@RichardCranium321]

@@dumplingcat4215 if the average age of service for an aircraft is 25 years, and this one has already been around for 8, then wouldn't that mean over 1/3 of its total expected life has been spent trying to "work out the kinks"??? Also, if the average is 25, it's being heavily carried by the A-10 because it has been in service for over 50 years now & was just approved for even more service..... so, there's that

[@TheVeraciety]

@@RichardCranium321 From the U.S. Government Accountability Office: “DOD has begun implementing multiyear plans leading to some improved engine outcomes. The engine sustainment strategy's goal is that no more than 6 percent of F-35 aircraft are unable to operate due to engine issues, which DOD has exceeded since April 2021. However, the military services desire outcomes similar to other fighter aircraft, which since 2016 have generally experienced less than 1 percent being unable to operate due to engine issues. Until the strategy is assessed and updated, the services may be limited in achieving their missions.” We both know that the F-35 has issues, but so has every fighter jet. The F-15 and F-16 are both coming up on 50 years since their first flight, and they definitely had issues early on. Obviously, we expect better, but the engineers should be allowed breathing room.

[@datianlongan5567]

Pilot: let’s go home. Plane: no, let’s do it again! (after a moment of struggle for control…) Pilot: I am out of here!

[@sjion]

He's very lucky it didn't flip! I hope the pilot is well.

[@8Jhartzell]

Didn’t know there were so many F-35 pilots on here.

[@clarkgriswold-zr5sb]

LOL! Vast amount of experts on KZbin comments.

[@MrFrog_]

I know 3.

[@orbellau]

I’m an F-35

[@rd8370]

I’m an F 35 pilot from way back.

[@anklebiter9116]

Now you know.

[@oot007]

The much hyped overbudget F35 just keeps getting better.

[@CEOkiller]

Glad the pilot got ok. Hope he’s not injured.

[@guillermoelenes]

he has to pay for the plane !

[@mauricemotors8207]

@@guillermoelenes No he doesn’t we don’t even know from the air force investigation yet stop assuming.

[@guillermoelenes]

@@mauricemotors8207 its a joke man... from a movie.. hot shots.

[@TheMasterashton]

he actually died

[@Ǿœ0œǾ]

@@TheMasterashton How do you know?

[@neilreid2298]

Dang! The pilot stayed in there way longer than I would have! Hope he's okay.

[@sage2235]

Dude, his life is done for, now that he crashed this million dollar jet. He would probably get court marshaled. He was trying to recover, to no avail.

[@lostdefender137]

@@sage2235 let’s not jump to conclusions, it may not have been his fault

[@danielorr7124]

@@843idfa More like 80 million, but if it was a jet malfunction the pilot will not be blamed.

[@Turboy65]

@@sage2235 Million dollar jet? More like 130 million. And his decision to eject was...somewhat questionable. But within the authority of the pilot, in all cases.

[@ParCBur]

@@sage2235 that looked like a possible runaway nozzle at the back, causing immediate nose down. Not his fault, malfunctions happen in complex systems. Not all court-martials are bad, either. Every crash has one associated. No matter what the NTSB says. My guess is he’s gonna be flying again once medically cleared

[@texascclp1445]

Dang It! Looks like a semi hard contact with the ground. Hope the Pilot/Aviator is OK!

[@Eman-vp5wk]

I don’t know how this plane functions, but to me, it looks like the pilot didn’t realize that he bounced back into the air. He thinks he’s on the ground, he disengages the vertical lift, which maybe closes the forward lift fan duct under the plane which causes the plane to fall nose first like it did.

[@SolarWebsite]

@@Eman-vp5wk I don't know much about this plane but I assume that when in hover, the engine and the attached lift fan are under automatic control (fly-by-wire in some form). It looks like that after the first ground contact, the front and rear lift components became out of balance. Could it be a malfunction in that system, that reduced the lift of the front lift fan, and did not decrease - or maybe even did increase - the throttle on the engine with the rear exhaust? Or perhaps even the shaft between the engine and the lift fan broke. We'll have to wait for the investigation results, I guess.

[@CommanderStarblaster]

Superbly captured on camera!

[@charlesc7723]

Always better, safe than sorry. Sure it scared the heck out of him. Hope he has no injuries.

[@fredbrooks9496]

My goodness. The Zero-Zero ejection seat was impressive.

[@Agent0range67]

Now he can get a diploma from MB (no joke)

[@K03sport]

...I'm sure there are patches for that. Whether the pilot wears it or not (on unit morale fridays) has to be seen. If you can have death-by-PowerPoint patches, zero-zero isn't out of the question

[@icewallowcome_daily9802]

did the F35 turned off automatically when he ejected?

[@icewallowcome_daily9802]

you can still hear the engine tho

[@ibrahimdeniz7308]

RC Pilot once told me flying RC planes is harder than flying actual planes because you're on the outside. Must be him.

[@muhammadsteinberg]

I do both and can vouch for that. I can feel the movements of the plane thru my buttocks, pressure and vision. RC is pure vison.

[@drinkwater9891]

@@muhammadsteinberg try flight simulator and tell the difference as thats mostly only vision as well

[@82stuntman]

I'm just here to read comments from all the test pilots giving their expertise..

[@filonin2]

It doesn't take a test pilot to see an idiot.

[@82stuntman]

@@stevesherman5761 You're most certainly right about that my friend.

[@johnp139]

Guess what? Some of the commentators were actually part of this seat qualification program.

[@cugamer8862]

Don't forget all the Lockheed fanboys who will remind us that this is no big deal and that we're looking at the future of air combat.

[@codyking4848]

@@filonin2 You're right. I see one right now.

[@BigElCat]

He's like 'I wish I hadn't ejected'.

[@254lele]

there is where we pay tax

[@jackorear2536]

Is it just me, or did it seem like the jet never throttled down? Anyway, they make jets every day. I'm glad the pilot is safe.

[@stargazer7644]

It's just you. The forward fan failed.

[@jackorear2536]

@Star Gazer well that makes sense, thank you!

[@FutureFlash2034]

Hopefully the Pilot is alright.

[@frostyrobot7689]

Low-speed ejection means he won't have had any oncoming air to contend with, but any ejection puts stress on the spine. I've heard from other channels that after 2 ejections a military pilot's flying career is over.

[@PBurns-ng3gw]

@@frostyrobot7689 I don't think that's true. I knew a Harrier pilot who'd punched out twice and was still flying (Albeit, he was shorter than he used to be).

[@frostyrobot7689]

@@PBurns-ng3gw lol, yep, but he won't be as short as Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell though... 3 ejections and counting...

[@ja37d-34]

@@frostyrobot7689 Depends on the systems and the injuries really. Some of the compression "go back" so it is not that simple.

[@PBurns-ng3gw]

@@frostyrobot7689 🤣🤣 And one of those ejections was at Mach 10. Only his faith in L. Ron Hubbard prevented Tom Cruise from being compressed down to four centimeters.

[@FoodwaysDistribution]

The modern layout for an ejection seat was first introduced by Romanian inventor Anastase Dragomir in the late 1920s. The design featured a parachuted cell (a dischargeable chair from an aircraft or other vehicle). It was successfully tested on 25 August 1929 at the Paris-Orly Airport near Paris and in October 1929 at Băneasa, near Bucharest. Dragomir patented his "catapult-able cockpit" at the French Patent Office. The first ejection seats were developed independently during World War II by Heinkel (German) and SAAB (swedish) and the soviet decades before martin and baker (after ww2) who are wrongly reported as the inventors.

[@MiGujack3]

Also the Kamov helicopters were the first to implement ejection seats.

[@grbadalamenti]

Well, history gets to be written by those who win the war.

[@FoodwaysDistribution]

@@grbadalamenti well, last time I checked the Soviet won the war......

[@Qwerty0791]

@A Z Jets are German

[@BattleTested]

@@FoodwaysDistribution last time I checked English is the world’s language

[@Jrad117]

What a waste of money. Incompetence.

[@freegedankenzurbaukunst5613]

He did great 10/10 . It was Spatial awareness test . All pilots should do that , at least one time , to see how efficient the Ejection Seats are

[@Jrad117]

@@freegedankenzurbaukunst5613 yes that was dope I’m glad he/she ok.

[@MJLStudios]

May pilot have Speedy recovery

[@bigfish8280]

Speedy recovery? Doesn't look like he was injured to me LOL

[@romainrateltv8640]

@@bigfish8280ejection can be super dangerous, there’s chances he might not even be fit anymore to fly ever again for the army

[@anonymous_protagonist]

@@bigfish8280 More than 25% of ejections result in major injuries such as broken bones due to the forces involved. Even if he didn't break something, he's probably not going to be flying for while.

[@Jeremy9697]

@@bigfish8280 ppl have been known to lose height just from spinal compression from ejecting. There is nothing fun about it. It's always dangerous ejecting.

[@dracoseason3784]

@@bigfish8280 not to mention the amount of G force he just withstood. theres been quite a few instances of pilots ejectin, blacking out and never deploying a chute

[@eatnntuunasnwch]

The pilot can now rock a "Martin Baker Test Pilot" patch.

[@Ricardo-uw3ov]

Man you make a great job catching the video. Hope pilot is OK.

[@jbmielke979]

I believe the rule was that you are only allowed up to two ejections because of the massive pressure it puts on your spine.

[@alanloyd7164]

Hope he's okay. seemed like he nailed the most critical part of the landing then the plane just went haywire.

[@jajajaja2624]

definitely made in china 4 one this yr

[@casebarreoltt5990]

The hover was way wonky before he touched ground.

[@kellywilson8440]

Looks like it was loosing engine power mostly to the front lifting fan imo , Luckily it didnt flip over but tried , Hope the pilot is ok and they fix the problem !

[@pmnichols10]

That ejection was way too close to the ground the pilot probably broke his legs

[@Mishn0]

I don't think it was loss of power. Pilot botched the landing, bounced, and then the nose gear collapsed when he hit the runway the second time.

[@Mishn0]

@@pmnichols10 Nah, the seats nowdays are made for zero/zero ejections (zero altitude/zero speed) He's fine for now, later depends on the accident investigation. It looks like it was his or her fault.

[@sac78008]

During hover, there was a white mist flowing profusely just above the exhaust. I don't know if that's normal. I'm speculating there was a loss of engine power or hydraulic control. The mist may have been vaporized fuel or hydraulic fluid.

[@JohnSmith-mk8hz]

@@Mishn0 No, the plane was fairly level after the first bounce, THEN the nose pitched hard into the ground breaking the front gear.

[@jameswadsley3165]

That's why they make zero zero ejection seats....

[@glynnwright1699]

British made, Martin Baker, family business which is quite a rarity nowadays.

[@johnp139]

@@glynnwright1699 Also quite expensive for that same reason.

[@theleavingroom]

F-35B: first, lemme do a hippity-hop...ooops my leg broke Pilot: not today satan

[@yes_head]

It's cool that there are so many expert F-35 pilots in the comments.

[@hudekhoustonartist]

@@MrJakeMallard It was the hydraulic oscillating depilator valve that stuck in the down position.

[@judymarlene3414]

Hahaha……KZbin fighter pilots are everywhere……I know I used to date one…I think he’s a virtual grenadier guards officer now🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣.

[@rixille]

It's cool that there are so many hackneyed comments like yours.

[@johnp139]

Some commentators were actually involved in the qualification of this seat.

[@codyking4848]

@@judymarlene3414 Hey baby, I fly virtual F-14's... ever wanna go out with a hotshot virtual aviator that's basically a real fighter pilot, let me know. 😎😎

[@Avel_Shmavel]

As an egress personnel it's satisfying to see everything go smooth on our end :)

[@Hmongboi228]

Nope. Investigation coming. 😳 Better have crossed all those T's and dotted those I's. Not just ANY investigation but a "fine comb" investigation. Don't worry though. I'm sure your commander will get recognition for his outstanding contributions. (Instead of the enlisted..) 🙄🙄 And that recognition? It will come in the form of another useless "coin ceremony" that they happen to mint at the last minute.. 🙄 One of MANY POINTLESS coins that you'll collect in your military career.. 💡😏🤝

[@efrainelsanchosanchez3139]

🫡🫡🫡

[@Qwerty0791]

I wonder if that’s what GI docs think about bathrooms.

[@crunchytheclown9694]

from the crashes ive seen looks like a very strong air frame

[@jaym8257]

Marine Corps version.

[@tbkgogebakan9482]

Made bu Turkiye

[@Sweetjamesjones520]

@@tbkgogebakan9482 yeah nice try lol

[@tbkgogebakan9482]

Youll try to keep it in the air folks

[@Mooseracks]

Campbell river years ago, a jet fighter slowed then tilted nose up...POOF off went the canopy...the pilot ejected...jet fell into the ocean...but already there was a S&R Zodiac headed to the pilot/crash site.... it was an event that I will never forget

[@kuka20121]

"Some days are f@cked and cannot be unf@cked"

[@stephenfitton6277]

Hopefully pilot is ok and the bird can probably be repaired.

[@ndenise3460]

If not repaired at least scavenged for spares

[@absolutium]

It could.. before the ejection.

[@mikes7446]

Garbage 35!

[@tylermallory2504]

That think won't be repaired, the air frame is far to damaged, and I'm sure it been incredibly over stressed.

[@crawfordboyz8107]

@@datapusher- its not an airforce jet is lockheeds

[@MrSpaz12]

What's almost as amazing as what happened is that he was there to film it all. Hopefully the pilot is OK. I've heard many horror stories of what those violent ejections can inflict on the body.

[@Pughhead]

He's fine, it's only at high speeds it becomes harmful

[@AA-xo9uw]

Examined and released with no "serious injuries".

[@nickwang6082]

Ryanair smooth landing be like:

[@Ganiscol]

It looks like everything went flawless from the moment the pilot ejected. Not so much before that, though.

[@anchorread68]

pilot error I guess?

[@Bl4ckD0g]

@@anchorread68 I'm guessing computer error, honestly

[@mekboy7403]

@@Bl4ckD0g Yeah looked like the pilot couldn't get the engines to power down and from my admittedly limited understanding of modern craft ejecting immediately hardkills all power in the jet so they might have bailed knowing the was the only way to stop it at that point.

[@walkie1985]

@@mekboy7403 you’re spot on sir. One of the few to actually understand why the pilot ejected.

[@thisdude9363]

@@anchorread68 These planes are notorious for all the problems they're having right now. Engine power is handed via computer when in VTOL, so it was more than likely electronic failure rather than pilot error.

[@cptcrogge]

"Please wait. Windows Updates are being installed..." I hope the pilot is ok.

[@lector-dogmatixsicarii1537]

**computer gets destructively slow and maxes out CPU usage without update** I can actually see this happening since this is supposed to be part of the dystopian monopoly on tech and war. They use "always online" tech to region lock equipment.

[@blackjey4131]

Zero-zero ejection seat is probably the greatest safety feature invention in military history

[@cujbaion1]

It's solvable with a reprogramming of the clutch disengagement only if rear wheels stay firm on the ground, I'm more concerned about suspension settings for the vertical landing.

[@mhughes1160]

I guess that wasn’t the parking brake lever . LoL 😂 Hope he’s ok

[@fidelcatsro6948]

It was using a CVT transmission blowers from Jatco made for Nissans!! ;)

[@jaykay3071]

He did not have to do that 😂 Literally looks like he accidentally hit the wrong button

[@thomashambly3718]

guy took a ride on the Martin Baker rollercoaster, successfully doing its job since the 1940s

[@DS-ll6zyelle]

What caused this incident ? Pilot error ? Technical fault ?

[@Dunger974]

Probably technical fault, pretty sure the f-35B lands itself

[@peterjames6620]

To the pilot, I hope you are ok but do remember, if ever you need any advice on how to fly or land your aircraft in the future, just come to KZbin and ask some of the people on here because this is clearly where most fighter pilots seem to hang out.

[@pandorski35000]

t'as raison, les experts de salon, ils sont légions

[@西贝-l9r]

@@pandorski35000 L'internet donne à tout le monde la chance d'être expert sur tous sujets.

[@MStreppelhoff]

Well at first i thought that would be funny but seriously i hope nobody is hurt. Life always matters

[@bishop51807]

The pilot not dead but they did go to the hospital due to the very hard Landing.

[@ProjectILT]

now i gotta pay taxes for the next 120 years to pay for the repairs

[@lacey2450]

I've seen this before. That's what happens when the key breaks inside the ignition; the jet won't turn off properly.

[@sirclarkmarz]

Had the same problem with my 74 GMC pickup the key would either jam or fall out while you were driving it got so bad after a while anything that would fit in there would turn it and start it

[@lacey2450]

@@sirclarkmarz alright man

[@SimbaC2007]

Camera man is the GOAT for not shaking

[@anandhukb2900]

Exactly!

[@theboot1023]

Glad to see he really tried to save the plane before bailing.

[@filonin2]

He was literally on the ground. All he had to do was throttle down.

[@stoompa5349]

@@filonin2 could've been mechanical error

[@Cleon851]

@@filonin2 wow it’s like it wasn’t that simple and the forward fan malfunctioned huh

[@theboot1023]

@@filonin2 Maybe. Im not an expert. I would assume if he was just jittery, he would have bailed when it first hit.

[@theboot1023]

@@filonin2 Maybe. Im not an expert. I would assume if he was just jittery, he would have bailed when it first hit.

[@runforitman]

did he disconnect the front fan, after landing and bouncing, in an attempt to make the plane come back down, instead breaking the front gear?

[@runforitman]

ah was apparently a technical fault

[@runforitman]

so plane went fucky and he wanted to be outta there asap

[@happytrailsgaming]

Kinda weird he ejected so late but who knows what was going on in the cockpit

[@politicallyunreliable4985]

Probably trying to save it. He was more than likely ordered to eject.

[@artjackson8360]

@@politicallyunreliable4985 not a chance. It was his decision alone.

[@sugershakify]

This plane is one of the biggest boondoggles of all time.

[@ekbusdriver]

Outstanding composure by the pilot to wait for the right moment.

[@southtexasspecials175]

How was that the rite moment ?? It was completely unnecessary, it didn't explode

[@madtrucker0983]

@@southtexasspecials175 By right moment he means the plane was upright so didn't eject into the concrete genius. As for being unnecessary you don't know what was going on with the plane. Better safe than sorry.

[@12sleep23]

the right moment to eject never happened, it was possible to land it without ejecting

[@madtrucker0983]

@@12sleep23 How do you know?

[@12sleep23]

@@madtrucker0983 he already landed it, it didn't catch fire and it didn't flip - there was no reason to eject

[@2ride_along]

That is a terrible plane…pilot ejected engines continued to run…

[@lamsior]

Notice how the pilot got rid of his package right before landing with his parachute that was so quick, very well trained for sure.

[@bronco5334]

That's an automated part of the ejection seat sequence.

[@mach5406]

0:15 I like how the front wheel popped right off

[@michaelbritton2331]

garbage planes money better spent fixing poverty ie skid rows across America

[@AA-xo9uw]

Sheared off as designed when certain physical loads are exceeded.

[@ryanmiller5473]

@@AA-xo9uw what’s the purpose? Seems counterintuitive to me. Not being sarcastic, genuinely curious.

[@MysticEagle52]

@@ryanmiller5473 not an expert but probably better to just get popped off than get bent around and cause internal damage

[@ryanmiller5473]

@@MysticEagle52 makes sense.

[@UTarcher72]

That was an expensive moment.

[@noahjhoward1]

It's the United States xD they've got plenty more where that came from. (You aren't wrong tho)

[@johnp139]

@SquashiesSurvivial520 Write off due to structural damage.

[@billorights1596]

That was wild.. pilot was definitely weighing his chances of getting out or punching out

Wonder what his heart rate was during that time!

[@2288sharingan]

i'm so glad "video" was the first part of the title. i would've been wondering for hours what this was

[@adamrobbins2091]

Better safe than sorry! What a rush that ej had to be!!

[@Ont785]

Think he was actually waiting to be vertical; no point ejecting into fence

[@F-Man]

@@Ont785 Rush as in an adrenaline rush - not that the pilot rushed to eject, as he clearly was very judicious in choosing his moment.

[@Ont785]

@@F-Man Ah! The English language trounces me again! Thank you

[@tnrodgers]

Prayers for the pilot, looks like the plane can be repaired.

[@ch0wned]

Dissembled, analyzed and effectively replaced... if that's what you mean. I hope it's not a fleet wide issue.

[@KboneZ240]

@@ch0wned there r atleast 2 case with broken front landing gear in this half year .. thats only exposed with civilian cam .. in the back mybe more of that case

[@johnp139]

I doubt it.

[@thestrum71]

Pilot got away, that's what matters. Hope he/she's ok....

[@PrettyFLY4aWiFi.]

What if the pilot is “non binary”?

[@Пончо]

Зачем пилот катапультировался? Он ведь уже был на земле. Прав был Задорнов...

[@julietpaz1056]

May Pilot have speedy recovery

[@Joe-ri3nf]

I imaging a few bones were broken seeing the angle and how fast he was heading back to earth. Either way I'm glad he survived.

[@jeremyr7147]

His legs seemed to be dangling and unprepared for landing, maybe he was knocked out.

[@travisk5589]

The seat worked great

[@woolymittens]

Of course ...that part is British technology 🤣🤣

[@johnp139]

@@woolymittens And US requirements.

[@boyznthewoodz770]

He spilled his crayons on the controls

[@TofuBoi_]

Not too bad, it's repairable. Glad no one got really hurt.

[@MrPland1992]

He probably won’t be able to walk again

[@wickendiana8310]

@@MrPland1992 what? At worts he broke a leg but thats no impact to leave him without walking

[@beurksman]

@@MrPland1992 About one in three will get a spinal fracture from ejecting but most people absolutely walk it off and only some have permanent damage.

[@MrPland1992]

@@wickendiana8310 look up what an ejection seat does to you

[@johnp139]

@@beurksman WRONG!!!

[@tommyschilb10]

To those wondering, the speed at which he hit the ground was equivalent to jumping off a 3.5 foot ledge. So if you want to know how it felt, picture jumping off a 3.5 ledge and not landing upright. He was about 100 feet high at the peak of his ejection, and he traveled to the ground in about 4 seconds. However, his downward speed in the first 40 feet of the fall was much faster than the last half of the fall. If we just took 100 feet in 4 seconds, that means he hit the ground at 25ft/s. But his speed wasn’t consistent. He was going way faster until the parachute actually started to slow him. So it is safe to estimate he landed at about 15 feet per second, which is 10 miles per hour, the equivalent speed from a 3.5 foot fall. However, of course he didn’t land straight, so it wasn’t exactly pretty. Just imagine jumping from a 3.5 foot ledge and not landing upright if you want to know how it felt.

[@CML_666]

... lol

[@JonJacques]

Imagine he landed straight back in his seat

[@pepperachu]

I have a question, if you crash an expensive Jet and it's your fault, what happens to you?? And if it isn't your fault what happens?

[@Hangman84848]

Imagine he came back to his cockpit after ejecting 😂😂