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What was he thinking?

It probably is best not to fiddle with switches or controls when riding in the back seat of an air force plane.

A man who failed to obey that principle found himself hurtling out of the cockpit, smashing through the Perspex canopy and into space after grabbing the black- and yellow-striped handle between his legs. He had inadvertently pulled the eject lever and found himself blasted 100 metres into the sky on his rocket-powered seat.

The South African air force has confirmed the incident that took place last Wednesday, when the passenger took off for a flight with an experienced pilot from South Africa's Silver Falcons air display team. Investigators are assuming that the passenger tried to steady himself while the pilot was putting the Pilatus PC-7 Mk II through its paces by grabbing the eject lever.

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I'll bet he was thinking, "Now I know what it feels like to be a piece of toast."

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midnightstoker	Posted Nov 2nd, 2009 at 4:05PM get out of here ..............is that true lmao Rated: +2Vote for this!
underconstruction	Posted Nov 2nd, 2009 at 6:03PM The Pink Panther attacks again, LOL !!! Rated: +2Vote for this!
avalonleppard	Posted Nov 2nd, 2009 at 4:04PM I doubt he was thinking much..Panic probably took aver. If he was thinking then I think perhaps it would have been thoughts of panic and utter fear, Poor guy must have been terrified, knowing that he may die........I guess that he was maybe thinking about how unfair it was, or how to prevent it! Rated: +1Vote for this!
ZombieKitty	Posted Nov 2nd, 2009 at 4:10PM LOL! I hope he's okay! heh heh Rated: +1Vote for this!
Burgereater	Posted Nov 2nd, 2009 at 3:54PM I hope he wasn't hurt but, LOL. It's kind of funny. Rated: +1Vote for this!
Literaturegirl	Posted Nov 2nd, 2009 at 3:48PM Clearly not a lot, that is before "take off"... Rated: +1Vote for this!
Lucyintheskywithd iamonds	Posted Nov 2nd, 2009 at 3:49PM That's EXACTLY what I would do if I had done my homework and knew how to eject. Awesome, sweet, this made my day! Rated: +1Vote for this!
midlifemadness	Posted Nov 2nd, 2009 at 3:49PM he was thinking... "Holy ***** **! What have I done?" Rated: +1Vote for this!
masterprocrastina tor	Posted Nov 2nd, 2009 at 3:49PM Homer? Rated: +1Vote for this!
SaLtInE	Posted Nov 4th, 2009 at 2:38PM I think he was thinking: enough is enough, I'm outta here,,,:) lol Rated: +1Vote for this!
durbanpoison	Posted Nov 2nd, 2009 at 4:09PM doesn't surprise me... south africa is full of morons. i would know - im one of em. Rated: +1Vote for this!
paddytram	Posted Nov 2nd, 2009 at 6:24PM I'll try the train instead for my next trip and no extra excursions over Wisconsin when I came back from San Diego to Minneapolis. Did those passengers have to pay for that or was it part of the frequent flier program? Up, Up and away in my Balloon......................... Rated: +1Vote for this!
ShadowofDoubt	Posted Nov 2nd, 2009 at 7:22PM hopefully he's okay. the thing is, he was probably nervous about being in there in the first place. Rated: +1Vote for this!

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