Originally Posted by Oberon (Post 1783551)

No reason I could see of that he would do it deliberately, and he probably wasn't exactly new to the cockpit of a jet aircraft so it's unlikely that he'd have pulled the lever by mistake. However, like Herr B says, the maintenance of the ejection seats is usually first rate, so chances are it could be a one in a million malfunction.

Originally Posted by jimbuna (Post 1783841)

I never knew Red 9 was a woman.

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch (Post 1783853)

Yeah, when they had a small 'crash' in Crete, I think, last year practicing just after she'd joined all the women driver jokes came out - I don't even think she was involved!