Originally Posted by
tdracer
....flock of birds...
I never heard if they still allowed more crew that ejection seats after that crash....
Think it was a large Pelican- which can be huge...I seem to recall there was a restriction put into place after the 1987 accident that severely limited further jump seat riders- especially in the low level regime...?
During the capsule ejection on the B-1A #2 the parachute risers did not properly deploy, putting the capsule in a nose down, right side down, attitude. The capsule impacted the desert floor in this attitude, without the extra cushioning effect of the deployed airbags.