Got a txt from the folks who live near the incident, very sad to loose another member of a fleet of 9.
Very strange though as there are so many safety features and interlocks surrounding the Emergency Jettison of the seat. It's not just one leaver being pulled that starts the process.
Although I do know of a harrier seat being fired through the roof of a hanger, with the ground crew maintenance guy still in the footwell of the cockpit (with very brown trousers).
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