RAF Leeming early Eighties, everyone sat in the crewroom drinking tea.
Tannoy message
"Emergency state 2, Emergency state 2.
A-10, 1 POB, ETA 5mins.
As the guys scrambled to get the crash kit and towing arm a quick phone call to the tower established that the aircraft was armed but strangely they were unable to give any advice on the nature of the emergency.
A/c lands, taxies off the runway then stops. Shortly afterwards a radio call from the tower says they have lost communication with the aircraft and can we investigate. After a high speed dash down the taxiway in a landrover we found the aircraft shut down and abandoned. No pilot.
A few moments later a very pale yank appears from the long grass pulling up his flight suit and requests a lift to the medical centre. It was only a 2 min drive but he was getting more and more urgent with his requests for us to hurry.
After recovering he explained that it was a very close call, he only just made it out of the cockpit, and as embaressing as it was he was certain declaring an emergency was the only (non messy) course of action.