[PhasmaFelis]

Jesus. I wonder how that was allowed to happen.

I was gonna ask how to other people in the plane avoided being ejected and dropped too, but apparently the Viking was set up so the rear seats could eject independently of the front seats; this was so the plane could be recovered if the rear crew ejected in a situation that the pilots, with their greater awareness and control, felt was still survivable. If either of the pilots pulled the ejection handle, though, all four seats would be ejected. I guess there were two people in the front, and the kid was alone in the back.

So I guess it could have been worse. I hesitate to use the word "lucky," though...