Condolences to the crew's family.
CB: From the Age:
...But CASA had ruled the ejector seats should be disarmed for safety reasons because the firing mechanism uses explosive charges, the spokesman said...
In Australia, Temora Aviation Museum
already operate a number of aircraft fitted with active ejection seats, and the chief engineer is Martin Baker qualified on maintaining them. However all the people in those seats are highly trained and experienced aircrew (or ocasionaly VIP guests) and are not paying passengers.