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Air Force reveals risks, bravery behind B-1 emergency landing and blown hatch
One crew sat 25 minutes on an armed ejection seat as pilots worked to land the stricken aircraft.
By Tara Copp
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Air Force B-1 Lancer blew escape hatch in emergency landing, but its seat did not eject
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 deployed.
By Tara Copp