"The jet took off Wednesday morning for a routine air combat training flight, with a young cadet sitting up front in the pilot's seat, and a veteran pilot sitting in the rear navigator's chair.
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As soon as the jet took off, the two pilots noticed that something was wrong as the engine was stuck in a state of high acceleration and the team was unable to slow to cruising speed.
Being that they could not slow the engine, the navigator directed the pilot to climb to a high altitude and shut the engine off entirely, and they then glided to the ground for the emergency landing."
source:
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1112224.html
video of the landing
the pilot is only 22 years old...
damn, i don't think i'd ever stay in an F-16 with the engine off