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| Date: | Thursday 31 January 1980 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Lockheed U-2C |
| Owner/operator: | 4080th SRW USAF |
| Registration: | 56-6714 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Beale AFB, CA |
LOC-I after pilot loss on conciousness at 14000ft.
Aircraft landed upright after clipping power cable.
Pilot regained conciousness and suffered an inadvertent ejection will climbing out of the cockpit and survived.
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#OnThisDay in #Aviation Jan 31st, 1980. One of the most bizarre, and somewhat miraculous flying stories occurred.
— AvgeeksAero (@AvgeeksAero) January 31, 2019
Whilst flying U2C, 56-6714 of 4080th SRW, Cpt. Edward Beaumont suffered a Catatonic seizure at 14,000ft and lost control of his aircraft. #AvGeeks #U2 #DragonLady pic.twitter.com/tnZ7vmD9x9
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Feb-2019 18:01 | Aerossurance | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Country, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Feb-2020 09:46 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Embed code, Operator, ] |
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