Pilot dies after attempting high-risk ‘Top Gun’ stunt in fighter jet A fighter jet bounced off a runway in Bangladesh before the pilot ejected and died.
Squadron leader Asim Jawad, 32, appeared to be attempting Top Gun-style aileron rolls at low altitude when the fuselage of the Yakovlev Yak-130 scraped along the tarmac.
The aileron roll is an aerobatic manoeuvre in which an aircraft does a full 360-degree revolution about its longitudinal axis.
CCTV shows smoke and sparks from the Russian-made jet before the Bangladesh Air Force pilot pulled up.
Jawad and his co-pilot Wing Commander Sohan Hasan Khan both ejected from the aircraft before landing in a river, where they were rescued.
Asim later died in hospital while Sohan remains in critical condition, according to local media.
Crazy they were doing that over the airport when other planes were active. You see either a cargo or passenger jet in background at one point. Funny dudes casually riding their bikes right along the airstrip, nice security.
"The hard deck for this hop was 10,000 feet. (Or zero feet in the present case) You knew it, you broke it....You took it... AND BROKE A MAJOR RULE OF ENGAGEMENT. Then you broke another one with that, uh, circus stunt fly-by.....Top Gun rules of engagement exists for your safety and for that of your team. They are not flexible, nor am I. Either obey them, or you're history. Is that clear?"
-Viper Top Gun 1986 Top Gun
I see the Independent likes pushing the Trump praises Hannibal bullshit as well. It's one of the stupidest propaganda pieces yet.
Should have at least practiced the stunt in a sim.
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