Crash Averted: IAF Pilot Suffers From Vertigo, Navigator Prevents Dive

An IAF fighter jet navigator prevented a jet’s freefall during an exercise flight above the Mediterranean Sea after the pilot suffered from vertigo, which is a loss of orientation, Ynet reports.

The routine flight left an IAF base and returned safely after the navigator’s rapid intervention. The IAF is investigating the circumstances behind the event.

{Matzav.com Israel}