Itīs in Germany like at any authority, either an aviation equipment is certified, or forbidden. If certifying an ejection seat is to expensive, it is deactivated instead. Itīs the decission of the one applying for the civil certification of the airplane. Donīt blame the authority for that. Either way, itīs an absurd situation sitting on a deactivated ejection seat when crashing... Really sad to know these guys might still be alive.
New photos show the horizontal stabilizer in bushes or wood, with only minor damage, while the rest of the plane sits in a deep crater on an open field, broken into small pieces. May this be a clue to the cause of the accident ? Letīs wait for the experts. Recovering the wreakage is hard, because the soft ground does not allow to use heavy equipment.
