Suffering a plane crash and being saved in the last second of the flight is an experience that few human beings have lived.<\/p>\n
Judging by the images of the accident, and pending the official report, the plane could have suffered an engine problem and the Spanish pilot would have tried to avoid its fall<\/strong>, ejecting little by little a few moments after the plane crashed. crash. This was possibly the cause of the injuries sustained by the pilot, as well said aerospace engineer Sergio Hidalgo<\/a> on the day of the accident. Let's remember that he is a Captain with more than 1,000 flight hours in the EF-18, that is, a very experienced pilot<\/strong>. Having waited until the last moment and having prevented the plane from causing any misfortune by falling is highly commendable.<\/p>\n The device that managed to save the Spanish pilot is a Martin-Baker SJU-9\/A ejection seat<\/strong>, the model used by the Spanish EF-18Ms. Today, the British company that manufactures these seats celebrated the fact that the Spanish pilot is the 7,694th aviator to be saved thanks to an ejection seat from that company:<\/strong><\/p>\n On Saturday, a Spanish Air Force EF-18M Hornet crashed during an airshow at Zaragoza Airport, Spain. The pilot successfully ejected using the Martin-Baker SJU-9 Seat.#MartinBaker<\/a> #EngineeringForLife<\/a> #Ejection<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/Gr0RXRI7l9<\/a><\/p>\n — Martin-Baker (@MB_EjectEject) May 22, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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