Watch autopilot save an unconscious jet pilot from a fatal crash

In newly declassified footage from the US Air Force Arizona Air National Guard, we see a student pilot undergoing training on an F-16 jet fighter. As the pilot attempts a roll, his body is subjected to about eight times the normal force of gravity, causing him to black out. The plane begins to take a nosedive toward the ground with its afterburner engine still firing at full tilt.
The student was accompanied by an instructor in a separate F-16 who then began to desperately shout commands to