Getting blown out of the cockpit.
In South Africa, an unnamed man was on a ‘joy ride’ with an experienced pilot of South Africa’s Silver Falcons air display team. It is said that to steady himself after an aerobatic maneuver was done with the jet, he reached between his legs and grabbed the little black and yellow handle between his legs.
This shot up through the Pilatus PC-7 Mk II jet’s perspex canopy, and then two rockets attached to the back of the chair fired. This propelled the man an additional 100 meters higher than the jet was flying. An automated parachute deployed and the man floated back down to earth.
The higher-ups of the South African Airforce scrambled a helicopter to pick the passenger up. It is said that the man is extremely lucky not to have injured himself or worse.
[Source: Telegraph]