# Emergency response at air shows

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 22, 2011, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emergency-response-at-air-shows/593648 "2011-08-22T12:50:39Z")\
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> [@carlb](#):
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> I was at the 4 July 1980 airshow at Willow Grove NAS where a child ejected from an S-3 Viking that was on static display. I tried to find a detailed article online, but all I could find was a [Wikipedia entry](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_military_aircraft_(1975%E2%80%931999)):

Giving a slightly different date (1981) here is an article that mentions the incident (see italicized part):

> **[Toll of U.S. Air Shows: 100 Lives and $1 Billion : Safety Record Compiled by...](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-09-04-mn-2281-story.html)**
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> The U.S. armed forces have lost more than 100 lives and more than $1 billion in sophisticated aircraft at air shows, flight demonstrations and various publicity events since 1955, an investigation by The Times has disclosed.

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