Retirement day fighter jet ride ends in chaos after OAP pulls ejector seat lever
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dailystar.co.ukA retirement day jolly ended in chaos and could easily have written off a £65 million fighter jet after a panicked pensioner pulled the wrong lever.
The elderly gent, whose name has not been released to spare his blushes, had been gifted a flight in a French Air Force Rafale B fighter jet by his workmates at a military equipment manufacturer.
It didn’t start well. According to a report from France's BEA-E aviation investigator released this week, the retiree’s heart rate was between 136 and 142 beats per minute when he entered the cockpit, suggesting a state of extreme nervousness.
The 64-year-old told investigators that he felt pressured into accepting the flight, even though he was nervous, which only added to the stress.
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