Originally Posted by
megan
MAINJAFAD and Spaz, unfortunately that site still doesn't say that the chaps ejected, only that the aircraft was fitted with MB seats.
UNDERSTOOD. However with or without ejecting (another source for ejecting words would be nice - I'm not a QUORA LOOKER or facefooker) the lads were lost. My guess would be that they were dead before hitting the water - if no one saw parachutes in the air or in the water at the time. MID-AIRS are often catastrophic as readers may know.
Having corresponded via e-mail with the 'project: get out & walk' author (about RAN FAA ejections) and seeing his comments otherwise on the website, when it was active, I would gather that the info seen is the best he knew (given by others mostly) at the time. Perhaps more info will turn up?