This Ejection Seat Saved a U.S. Pilot Shot Down Over Iran

An American airman's dramatic testimony on 60 Minutes highlighted the ejection seat system that operates when a pilot has no other option to save the aircraft. What happens in those critical seconds, and how does the technology work in…
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