# Belgian F16 pilot stuck on high voltage line after ejecting. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 19, 2019, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belgian-f16-pilot-stuck-on-high-voltage-line-after-ejecting/840489 "2019-09-19T10:50:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belgian-f16-pilot-stuck-on-high-voltage-line-after-ejecting/840489/1 "2019-09-19T10:50:24Z")
> **[Belgian F-16 crash pilot ejects on to power line](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-49751536)** > > The Belgian jet's pilot is safe and well after being rescued from the line in north-western France. Hope the police don’t charge him with anything. All in all a pretty lousy if electrifying morning for the fella. ---
**Author:** ![blue\_infinity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_infinity/32/2817_2.png) [@blue\_infinity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blue_infinity)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belgian-f16-pilot-stuck-on-high-voltage-line-after-ejecting/840489/2 "2019-09-19T11:06:37Z")
That’s a shocking story. Thanks for keeping us updated on current events. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belgian-f16-pilot-stuck-on-high-voltage-line-after-ejecting/840489/3 "2019-09-19T11:17:40Z")
Poor fellow, I’m sure that hurts. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belgian-f16-pilot-stuck-on-high-voltage-line-after-ejecting/840489/4 "2019-09-19T11:45:51Z")
I don’t want this thread turning into a pile on. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belgian-f16-pilot-stuck-on-high-voltage-line-after-ejecting/840489/5 "2019-09-19T11:56:21Z")
Lets not light up. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belgian-f16-pilot-stuck-on-high-voltage-line-after-ejecting/840489/6 "2019-09-19T12:00:43Z")
If I want to get wired, I just use caffeine. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belgian-f16-pilot-stuck-on-high-voltage-line-after-ejecting/840489/7 "2019-09-19T15:39:04Z")
Volts. (Am I doing it right?) ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belgian-f16-pilot-stuck-on-high-voltage-line-after-ejecting/840489/8 "2019-09-19T15:56:34Z")
Ohm my! (I hate myself) ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belgian-f16-pilot-stuck-on-high-voltage-line-after-ejecting/840489/9 "2019-09-19T16:04:45Z")
Thanks for the post on current events. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belgian-f16-pilot-stuck-on-high-voltage-line-after-ejecting/840489/10 "2019-09-19T17:12:04Z")
It’s funny because he’s Belgian. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belgian-f16-pilot-stuck-on-high-voltage-line-after-ejecting/840489/11 "2019-09-19T18:45:34Z")
My brain malfunctioned and I briefly read the subject line as **Belgian F16 pilot stuck on high voltage line after ejaculating.** My first thought was that a medical researcher somewhere was going to have a very interesting paper to publish. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belgian-f16-pilot-stuck-on-high-voltage-line-after-ejecting/840489/12 "2019-09-19T19:52:14Z")
I couldn’t resist reading that story, after seeing how much interest it was generating. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belgian-f16-pilot-stuck-on-high-voltage-line-after-ejecting/840489/13 "2019-09-19T21:15:47Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > Poor fellow, I’m sure that hurts. I think you meant hertz. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belgian-f16-pilot-stuck-on-high-voltage-line-after-ejecting/840489/14 "2019-09-19T22:21:23Z")
It’s a high tension situation. (Ugh, more self loathing) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2019, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belgian-f16-pilot-stuck-on-high-voltage-line-after-ejecting/840489/15 "2019-09-20T00:17:10Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Ohm my! > (I hate myself) > [@snfaulkner](#): > > It’s a high tension situation. > > (Ugh, more self loathing) You said it twice. That’s re-volting. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2019, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belgian-f16-pilot-stuck-on-high-voltage-line-after-ejecting/840489/16 "2019-09-20T01:06:53Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > You said it twice. That’s re-volting. Your reactance to my posts will not impedance my self hatred. In fact it induces it further. (Please kill me) ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2019, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belgian-f16-pilot-stuck-on-high-voltage-line-after-ejecting/840489/17 "2019-09-20T01:23:30Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > (Please kill me) Naw, we wouldn’t do that; now just sit down in this nice [chair](https://timedotcom.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/electric-chair.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2019, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belgian-f16-pilot-stuck-on-high-voltage-line-after-ejecting/840489/18 "2019-09-20T02:00:25Z")
He wasn’t sure if he could handle the F16 that day but said he couldn’t resistor. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2019, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belgian-f16-pilot-stuck-on-high-voltage-line-after-ejecting/840489/19 "2019-09-20T02:21:06Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > I think you meant hertz. Um, given the content of every other post in this thread, are you really under the impression that you just spotted an unintentional electricity pun? ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2019, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belgian-f16-pilot-stuck-on-high-voltage-line-after-ejecting/840489/20 "2019-09-20T02:23:08Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Volts. > > (Am I doing it right?) No, but I’m not going to rectify it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belgian-f16-pilot-stuck-on-high-voltage-line-after-ejecting/840489.md?page=2)