{"id":16383,"date":"2018-05-18T21:06:45","date_gmt":"2018-05-18T21:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/05\/18\/air-force-b-1-lancer-blew-escape-hatch-in-emergency-landing-but-its-seat-did-not-eject\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:20:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:20:15","slug":"air-force-b-1-lancer-blew-escape-hatch-in-emergency-landing-but-its-seat-did-not-eject","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2018\/05\/18\/air-force-b-1-lancer-blew-escape-hatch-in-emergency-landing-but-its-seat-did-not-eject\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Force B-1 Lancer blew escape hatch in emergency landing, but its seat did not eject"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A B-1 Lancer that made an<a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2018\/05\/02\/air-force-b-1b-lancer-makes-emergency-landing-at-texas-airport\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\"> emergency landing in Texas<\/a> earlier this month blew at least one of its four cockpit escape hatches, but the ejection seat did not deploy, photos of the incident show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Dyess Air Force Base bomber experienced an \u201cin-flight emergency\u201d when it requested to land at Midland International Air and Space Port. Fire crews responding to the aircraft used foam on the plane, suggesting the crew had reported an engine fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All four crew members landed safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two photographs, one distributed by the Associated Press and one taken by the Midland Reporter-Telegram show that at least one of the emergency hatches above the crew in the cockpit blew open, suggesting the call to eject had been made. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those images raised several questions, including whether the blown hatch or hatches had been found and recovered, and whether the ejection system had failed because the ejection seats did not deploy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A B-1 has a crew of four: A pilot, co-pilot, and two weapons officers seated behind them. Each crew member is strapped into an ACES II ejection seat, and there is an escape hatch above each B-1 crew member.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an emergency, once the ejection handle is pulled, an automatic sequence takes over. The hatch is blown and the seats are launched from the aircraft via a STAPAC rocket motor. The entire sequence takes seconds to complete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"462\" height=\"315\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-16214\" data-id=\"16214\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18122047411157_2.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18122047411157_2.jpg.jpg 462w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18122047411157_2.jpg.jpg?resize=300,205 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">A zoomed-in version of a photo of a B-1 Lancer shortly after it made an emergency landing May 1 in Midland shows the missing escape hatch at the top of the bomber. The Air Force on Friday said they would not talk about the hatch, pending the completion of the incident investigation.  (Jacob Ford\/Odessa American via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1340\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-16220\" data-id=\"16220\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18122047411157-1.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18122047411157-1.jpg.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18122047411157-1.jpg.jpg?resize=300,201 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18122047411157-1.jpg.jpg?resize=768,515 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18122047411157-1.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,686 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18122047411157-1.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1029 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">The B-1 Lancer after making an emergency landing at Midland International Air and Space Port, May 1, 2018, also showing the missing emergency hatch. The aircraft is a supersonic variable-sweep wing, heavy bomber used by the United States Air Force. (Jacob Ford\/Odessa American via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the B-1 seats failed to eject, it would be similar to a seat failure in a 1987 B-1 crash in Colorado where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1988\/01\/21\/us\/final-seconds-in-a-b-1-s-cockpit-are-pieced-together-by-air-force.html\">an instructor pilot was killed because his seat failed.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In that flight, the B-1, which is designed for a crew of four, had two additional crew members in jump seats. Both jump seat passengers and the instructor pilot whose ejection seat failed were killed in the crash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force would not comment on whether the blown hatch, shown up close in a photograph that appeared in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mrt.com\/news\/article\/B-1B-Lancer-makes-emergency-landing-at-Midland-12879430.php#photo-15486456\" title=\"\" class=\"\">Midland Reporter-Telegram,<\/a> had been recovered, and whether the ejection seat failed to deploy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"862\" height=\"559\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/midland.JPG.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34831\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/midland.JPG.jpg 862w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/midland.JPG.jpg?resize=300,195 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/midland.JPG.jpg?resize=768,498 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 862px) 100vw, 862px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An Instagram post shortly after rescue crews responded to the emergency landing of a B-1 Lancer in Midland, Texas, May 1. Fire crews used foam retardant, suggesting that the crew reported an engine fire. The Air Force has not discussed the details of the landing, citing an ongoing investigation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The incident is still under investigation, Dyess Air Force Base officials said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A photograph of a B-1 after it made an emergency landing showed that not all four hatches opened, and none of the four ACES II ejection seats 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