MiG-29 Crash - Le Bourget 1989

this was very veryyyy close to the end

As many times as I have seen this video I am still amazed at how close the pilot came to not making it!!!

If i don't fail, the pilot in video is russian test pilot Anatoly Kvotchur. He was very injured in this accident, but he still fly and perform fantastic in air shows!!

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He wasn't injured very much, because the gras allowed him a soft landing and the parachute has been open enough to slow him down. The Pilot ejected in 30m !

There is a saying about fighter pilots....


"To be a good fighter pilot,their is only one prime requisite think fast and act faster."

If the pilot survived in this crash then he will have been badly injured.But still he make a very accurate and quick decision at the right moment.

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Yes, the pilot ejected at a very low altitude, luckily the K-36DM ejection seat (which gained a lot of popularity after this crash) worked perfectly and the parachute inflated just enough to allow the pilot a not-too-hard landing.
If you check the video you'll see that the pilot hits the ground rather close to the aircraft and also the ejection seat didn't miss him by much!!

Great vid!

It's not seen here, but I've read in magazines that the pilot tried until the end to detour the plane from the crowd. lol I think it implicates having quite a 'thick skin'.

did the pilot make it?