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Originally Posted by mowtorman
If it goes off the person would get blown into the ceiling of the hangar and most likely killed. Got away with that moment but not one for the parenting hall of fame. They roped off the hangar when we walked out.
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That is absolutely correct on the ejection seat. While I was in the Navy there was a plane captain who was working on an F/A-18 in one of the hangers at NAS San Diego that was killed when the ejection seat activated - he was in the cockpit at time of the incident. The seat blew through the roof of the hanger. It was rumored that the plane captain failed to deactivate\safety the seat.