Experiences of rocket seat ejections in the Swedish Air Force: 1967-1987
Sandstedt, P.
Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine 60(4): 367-373
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0095-6562 PMID: 2705973 Document Number: 344894
From 1967 to 1987 there were 83 successful and 9 fatal ejections with Saab rocket seats in the Swedish Air Force. Medical consequences and injury factors are reviewed. Thirty-nine survivors had nontrivial injuries; four were seriously injured. The risk for injury has been approximately 50% throughout the period. Two-thirds of the survivors resumed flying within a week, the remainder after up to 1 year, except for three pilots who terminated their flying status.