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minus-squareFordBeeblebrox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·3 days agoIt’s not like there’s ejection seats but it would be fuckin wild if someone managed to jump out of the bomb bay.
minus-squareEndlessNightmare@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38arrow-down2·2 days ago bomb bay It’s been renamed to Mumbai
minus-squareextremeboredom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-22 days agoIt’d’ve been wild if someone had managed to jump out the Mumbai
minus-squarezeejoo@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 days agoThere are 6 ejection seats on the B52
minus-squareFordBeeblebrox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoHuh, TIL thanks. That’s just for flight crew though, I imagine the techs were in the bay with no idea
minus-squarezeejoo@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day ago100% although 8 souls aboard is atypical. Crew usually consists of 5, all of whom can eject.
minus-squareMelobol@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·3 days agoSo they don’t have ejection seats. That doesn’t bode well.
minus-squareFordBeeblebrox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoI was wrong about that but only for the flight crew, it was designed to just carry a whole bunch of bombs so not a lot of passenger safety measures built in.
It’s not like there’s ejection seats but it would be fuckin wild if someone managed to jump out of the bomb bay.
It’s been renamed to Mumbai
It’d’ve been wild if someone had managed to jump out the Mumbai
There are 6 ejection seats on the B52
Huh, TIL thanks. That’s just for flight crew though, I imagine the techs were in the bay with no idea
100% although 8 souls aboard is atypical. Crew usually consists of 5, all of whom can eject.
So they don’t have ejection seats.
That doesn’t bode well.
I was wrong about that but only for the flight crew, it was designed to just carry a whole bunch of bombs so not a lot of passenger safety measures built in.