OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) of Ejection seats would be a happy bunch to see their Seats ejected ontime to save the lives of the pilots, but the Aerospace Major 'Lockheed Martin' will definitely be worried to see consecutive crashes of their fighter planes !
British company Martin-Baker took it to the twitter and said, "We've saved 7,662 air crew lives from around the world to date," Martin-Baker's ejection seats are used on a range of aircraft, not just F-35s.
A British F-35B aircraft crashed earlier today into the Mediterranean sea. The pilot ejected successfully in their Martin-Baker US16E Ejection Seat and safely returned to the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth. pic.twitter.com/iNCXorKpVT
— Martin-Baker (@MB_EjectEject) November 17, 2021
A British F-35, one of the newest stealth fighter jets in the UK military, crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on Wednesday morning while operating off the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, the UK Defense Ministry said in a tweet.
The pilot ejected and was returned safely to the ship, and an investigation of the incident, which occurred during routine flight operations, had begun, the ministry said.
Investigations had just opened for the F35B crash, we get another news of a F-16 fighter jet crash on Thursday ! Though it is too early to draw conclusions pending investigations, Crash of any aircraft , may it be Civil or military , will make the Plane maker busy taking lessons and preparing preventive actions for future flights.
An F-16 fighter jet of the Greek Air Force crashed in the military air base of Andravida in western Peloponnese on Thursday afternoon. The pilot successfully ejected from the plane before the crash and was in “good health,” preliminary reports read.
The accident happened at 3:49 p.m. Thursday during the landing procedure at the Air Base of Andravida, the Hellenic Air Force General Staff said in a statement.
The plane was returning from a training exercise, when it reportedly crashed inside the military airport of the 117th Combat Wing in front of the air base staff.
Talking about F35 disasters , in the month of September 2018, a US Marine Corps F-35B crashed in South Carolina, which was the first-ever crash of any F-35 from the program.
Again in April 2019, a Japanese F-35A crashed into the Pacific Ocean killing the pilot. In that case, the cause of the crash was found out to be the 'spatial disorientation' in case of that pilot , which is a phenomenon where the pilot can't sense his surroundings adequately for a safe flight.
Before to the British F35B crash , in the month of May 2020 , an US Air Force F-35A had crashed in Florida , but the pilot ejected safely, making Martin-Baker happy for their Ejection seat technology !
Coming back to the Hellenic Airforce F16 crash , The reason for the crash is not known yet and is to be investigated by the relevant committee of the Greek Air Force, but Lockheed Martin will definitely be a party to the investigation to draw lessons from it.
The F-16 Block 52+ was a single seat fighter jet and had taken off from the 11th Combat Wing for training . Meanwhile, the pilot has been transferred to a military hospital for recovery.
Some sources say , the pilot had attempted twice to land and he ejected from the plane that was already on the runway of the Andravida air base. There were reports of low cloudiness and rain, and the pilot followed all relevant protocols in emergency situations.
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