# So you've damaged or destroyed something worth more than gold.

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**Created:** [November 20, 2009, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youve-damaged-or-destroyed-something-worth-more-than-gold/518250 "2009-11-20T02:49:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2009, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youve-damaged-or-destroyed-something-worth-more-than-gold/518250/21 "2009-11-22T18:06:15Z")

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> [@thirdname](#):
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> Apparently something like this has happened, but it was in an aerobatic plane: [Oops! Civilian in joyride on fighter jet pulls ejection switch by mistake but still lands without a scratch | Daily Mail Online](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1224494/Oops-Civilian-joyride-fighter-jet-pulls-ejection-switch-mistake-lands-scratch.html) I’m not sure why it would have ejection seats in the first place.

It’s a training aircraft used by several airforces. Although a turbo prop it is relatively high performance and presumably the type of flying it’s designed for and the speeds it typically flies at makes an ejection seat a better option than just climbing out. Also it is a lead-in trainer for jet pilots so it’s handy to have ejection seats as they form part of the training process I suppose.

The US Air Force uses the [T-6A Texan II](http://www.af.mil/information/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=124) to fill a similar role and it also has ejection seats.

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