A crazy decision

Air Force Second Lieutenant Robert Vadan is flying at 12,000 meters somewhere in Texas. It's his first double manoeuvring exercise off the ground. He's excited. He was not flying the fighter alone, with flight instructor Capt. Joseph Carnell monitoring the flight from a nearby chair. So far, so good.

At 2245 hours, flames burst out of the jet engine on the right side of the fuselage. The instructor immediately determined that a lack of fuel had burned the engine. The instructor immediately ordered: "Leave the plane."

Meanwhile, Robbert repeatedly took control of the plane. First, he turned off the autopilot, allowing the plane to continue flying level for at least a few seconds while the pilot was ejected. When he opened the plexiglas cover protecting the cockpit, a wind gust of 700 kilometers per hour rushed into the cockpit. Then the instructor ordered Robert to jump out.

Robert obeyed. Pulled his ejection lever, but nothing happened. He turned to his instructor and was surprised by the result. The instructor was swept away by the incoming wind, which had pinned him against the bulkhead of the cockpit and knocked him unconscious from the loss of oxygen.

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Robert knew that his instructor had narrowly escaped death. But he didn't know what to do. He was just 22 years old, had done all kinds of simulated flights on the ground, and had never faced anything like this before. His first instinct was to untie himself and concern himself with the instructor. But what good is that? A fainting instructor cannot open his parachute even if he is pushed out of the cabin. But leave him on a plane, three minutes tops, and he'll suffocate.

The only thing left for Robert to do was to jump off the plane before it broke up. There was nothing he could do to save his unfortunate instructor. Unless... The young pilot suddenly made a crazy decision: he must not jump without his instructor. There was only one chance in ten thousand left for him, and he would take a chance.

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Robbert grasped the controls and steered the plane straight into the atmosphere, where the instructor would regain oxygen. If he flies fast enough, he may arrive on time. It was a crazy idea, because the right engine was always breathing fire, threatening to explode every second.

The fighter jet was hurtling down at a 45 degree Angle at a dizzying speed. Robert could no longer close his eyelids, which had been turned upside down by the wind, but he kept his hand on the handle, counting the flight seconds, trying to gauge the altitude and level the fuselage. Finally, he sent out a call for help on his phone: "This IS Roberte Vadan, trainee pilot of Fighter 2243. Please help me. I'm BLIND."

Soon, a response came from the ground. It was the voice of the base training officer: "You are at 1,700 meters. We will use radar to guide you."

It was 23:17, 32 minutes after Robbert's nightmare began. Six minutes later, the fighter landed successfully. Ten minutes later, flight instructor Carnell awoke in the infirmary.

Student pilot Robert Vadan regained his sight in three days. However, he was left with a lazy eye for life

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