Morning!
Saw this report in the Guardian this morning. A 64 yr old civilian accidentally ejected himself from the rear seat of a Rafale B. Seems very unfortunate in that a) he seems not to have really wanted the ride and b) he pulled the seat handle. Seems he was OK, and the pilot didn't leave the aircraft and got it down safely. There's a link in the piece to the actual report but it's in French.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/14/man-accidentally-ejects-himself-from-fighter-jet-during-surprise-flight
Accidental Rafale ejection - report
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Talllankydude
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pbeardmore
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Re: Accidental Rafale ejection - report
Was reading about this on the Pprune site. Remarkable stuff, comes over very badly re "quality control"
“The best computer is a man, and it’s the only one that can be mass-produced by unskilled labour.”
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blueskytoday
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Re: Accidental Rafale ejection - report
Already appeared on this forum - "Rafale B unintended ejection" 22 March 2019 
Re: Accidental Rafale ejection - report
Buy the sky and sell the sky and lift your arms up to the sky and ask the sky"
Re: Accidental Rafale ejection - report
and the pilot didn't leave the aircraft
Only because the ejection system failed though, scary.