Gripen Ejection Handle Redesigned Post Crash
Saab is devising a new ejection seat handle for some Gripen fighters after the existing design was implicated in the Apr. 19, 2007, crash of a Swedish air force fighter near the Vidsel test range. The pilot was coming in to land when the canopy blew off; the ejection commenced before the pilot even...
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