An Air Pressure teacher pilot died Tuesday morning from accidents sustained after an ejection seat activated throughout floor operations Monday afternoon.
The pilot was with the eightieth Flying Coaching Wing at Sheppard Air Pressure Base in Texas. The Air Pressure is withholding the pilot’s identify till members of the family have been notified.
In keeping with the bottom, the incident occurred round 1:55 p.m. on Monday, when the ejection seat of the coach plane, a T-6A Texan II, activated throughout floor operations.
The pilot was transported to United Regional Hospital in Wichita Falls, Texas, earlier than succumbing to accidents sustained in the course of the accident.
The Air Pressure is conducting an investigation into the incident.
In keeping with the Air Pressure, this plane is a single-engine, two-seat coach designed to coach college students in fundamental flying expertise required of Air Pressure and Navy pilots.
The eightieth Coaching Flying Wing at Sheppard Air Pressure Base leads the multinational Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Coaching (ENJJPT) Program that trains fight pilots for NATO.