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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Some day they'll invent an ejection seat that doesn't nearly kill you when you eject from a plane.
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Ejection seats have an operating envelope in which you will come out with only minor trauma, sore back, some bruises. Forward speed and aoa are critical factors. When you get out of that envelope it's rare you won't have some injuries. Broken legs are not usually life threatening so in this case the seat did it's job. Low altitude and high speed and the pilot is going to be happy to just be alive.