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Retiring is a big deal – and when you finally make it to that long-awaited day, your co-workers are usually standing right there, ready to send you off with a bang.
And that’s literally what happened to one poor man who received a surprise retirement gift he never wanted: a ride in a fighter jet.
A 64-year-old retiree who was scared to death of the “fighter jet” gift his co-workers sprung on him, ended up accidentally grabbing the ejector handle in a fit of sheer panic and launched himself into the heavens at 2.500 feet.
This incident happened a few years back, but the story is so magnificent that it stands the test of time.
The ride on March 20, 2019, had been arranged as a surprise gift to the 64-year-old man, who was leaving his job at a French defense contractor. His co-workers took him to the Saint-Dizier air base, 100 miles east of Paris, and announced he would be flying in a Dassault Rafale B.
The man had never expressed any desire to fly in a fighter jet and had no military aviation experience, said the report by investigators for France’s aviation safety agency.
Once he realized what his co-workers had planned, he began to feel extremely stressed, the report said. Before he even got into the plane, his watch’s heart monitor was recording his pulse at 140 beats per minute — “full tachycardia,” the investigators described it. A normal resting heartbeat is 60 to 100 beats per minute.
You’re probably wondering why he didn’t just say, “thanks, but no thanks,” to the gift.
Well, according to the report, the man felt “socially pressured” to go through with it.
Still, “feeling social pressure,” the man climbed into the rear of the plane’s two seats, the report said. Safety checks were apparently lax, and he was allowed to adjust his own gear. His helmet strap was unfastened, his oxygen mask unattached, his visor was up, and his seat harness was loose.
At this point, he probably should’ve called off the whole thing. But he didn’t…
On takeoff, the pilot and passenger were subjected to 4 Gs. Leveling off around 2,500 feet, that dropped to negative 0.6 Gs, a feeling of weightlessness. At that point, said a translated version of the report, “the insufficiently strapped and totally surprised passenger” grabbed for the nearest handle — which turned out to activate the ejector seat.
The rear canopy was shattered by explosives. The man and the seat to which he was loosely strapped were flung out of the jet. During the ejection, he lost his helmet and oxygen mask. A parachute deployed, and the man fell to earth, landing in a field near the German border. He sustained minor injuries and was taken to a hospital.
It’s amazing that he survived. Just imagine what his co-workers were thinking as they watched him flying through the sky WITHOUT the plane….
This clip details what happened step-by-step leading up to the accidental ejection.
Sounds like this poor guy was strapped into his seat by a Nebraska carnival worker.
Watch:
Well, thank goodness he’s okay, and now he’s got a really interesting story to share.
Also, he left the work force with quite a bang…
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