Navy F-18 Fighter Jet Pilot Pulls Parachute in Dramatic Plane Escape Over Ocean in Hawaii

he U.S. Coast Guard captured the suspenseful moment when a pilot ran out of fuel and his plane quickly plummeted to the ocean. The pilot had to ditch his aircraft about 253 miles northeast of Maui, Hawaii, on Sunday, when his single engine Cirrus SR-22 aircraft ran out of fuel. Fortunately, the pilot was safe after the ordeal. "At approximately 4:44 p.m. the pilot was able to deploy the aircraft’s airframe parachute system and safely exit the aircraft into a life raft," according to the Defense Video and Imagery Distribution System.