[ratg13]

Yes, it’s even probable that the plane was the one that ejected the pilot and not vice versa.

You can see how it’s right when the aircraft regains a flat plane that the ejection happens.

It’s likely a safety mechanism that was triggered.

The headline is poorly worded.

The first sentence of the article is more accurate in stating ‘a pilot was ejected’

[tiahura]

From: https://www.pprune.org/military-aviation/650320-f-35-acciden...

"The Martin-Baker Mk16-US16E ejection seat as fitted to the F-35B does indeed have an active automatic ejection system which fires the seat when certain criteria are sensed. These are low speed, low altitude and adverse pitch rate.

The same seat fitted to the F-35A and F-35C does not have this system."