Tornado navigator killed

By: Newforest - 14th November 2007 at 21:47 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

Skynews make no mention of a seat?:confused: :(

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1292914,00.html

By: old shape - 14th November 2007 at 23:19 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

He "Exited", which means fell out. The Tonka ejection seat system bangs both crew out if one of them pulls the handle....as is the case for all multi-crew a/c. For the Tonka it's the Navigator first, by a split second (If it was pilot first, the nav. would collide with him). So, if he did go out with his seat, there must have been a serious malfunction with the ejection system, which is very rare indeed.
Obviously, there is some kind of serious malfunction somewhere.

Condolences to the family and friends of course.

By: bloodnok - 14th November 2007 at 23:28 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

He "Exited", which means fell out. The Tonka ejection seat system bangs both crew out if one of them pulls the handle....as is the case for all multi-crew a/c. For the Tonka it's the Navigator first, by a split second (If it was pilot first, the nav. would collide with him). So, if he did go out with his seat, there must have been a serious malfunction with the ejection system, which is very rare indeed.
Obviously, there is some kind of serious malfunction somewhere.

Condolences to the family and friends of course.

not so....there is a command eject lever in the rear cockpit which you can set to both or individual. most fast jets with more than one seat i've worked on have had this system.

By: Arthur - 14th November 2007 at 23:57 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

If the pilot ejects in a two-seater, both crewmembers get out. The backseater usually can leave on his own.

There is a number of incidents in which a plane took off with two crewmen and landed with one. Not every one of them a tragic one like this.

By: Peter - 15th November 2007 at 00:27 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

Speculation

As in all air accidents can we please leave the speculation on the cause for now? Thoughts go out to the familys and friends of the Navigator.
Peter,
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