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Originally Posted by speede5
To that I would suggest that he was on the left side of lead and his out was to the left. once he zoomed he had no visibility on lead and ditching in that direction would have endangered the other aircraft.
We are talking seconds so you only have time to make one decision. The escape routes are briefed before take off. When you fly formation you don't change on the fly.
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He lost his engine, in 1 second the other aircraft was so far ahead it would be impossible to hit it. The pilot's alive, we'll find out soon enough what happened.