CHARACTER OF INJURIES PILOTS SUSTAIN FROM EJECTION IN THE MODERN PERIOD

Abstract

The paper discusses pilots' injuries following ejection. Structure and character of injuries in the time interval between 2010 and 2020 were essentially identical to those documented previously between 2003 and 2010. There is an upward trend in the rate of severe arm injuries; on the opposite, the rate of leg injuries tends to decrease. Also, there is some difference in the causes for injury. Occurrence of injuries due to issues with the survival equipment increased in 2.4 times, and the adverse effect of air counter-flow that was not the case earlier. On the contrary, injuries following parachuting decreased in 4.7 times. A new cause of severe traumas is an arm-restraint system of the ejection seat.