Crash linked to Gripen ejection handle

PARIS – The crash last year of a Swedish air force JAS 39 Gripen has been linked to the design of the fighter’s ejection seat handle. The Gripen crashed April 19 near the Vidsel test range in Sweden at the end of a dive-bombing training flight. The pilot was coming in to land when the canopy blew...

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