Well, it’s best this happened before, not at, the air show.
Canadian pilot Brian Bews was practicing to take part in the Alberta International Airshow Friday when something went awry. He ejected from his fighter jet just in the nick of time, before it crashed. The CF-18 burst into flames when it hit the earth.
A witness told the Associated Press that Bews was unconscious while he was dragged “several hundred feet along the ground.” In addition to that brain injury, the pilot had cuts on his arms and a sore back.
As with anyone who is knocked unconscious, Bews should have a physican check him to see if he sustained any brain injury, and to what degree.
The pilot was apparently practicing a stunt called a “High Alpha Pass,” which entails flying close to land at a slow velocity, right before the jet crashed.
Bews was hospitalized and released.
The Canadian Department of National Defense and Transportation is probing what caused the crash.