Re: Taylor Scott harrier business:
As I recall it was the inadvertent and unexplained firing of the ejection seat's drogue parachute which caused his death by in effect dragging him out of the aircraft.
The Galaxy reported the ejection seat itself remained in place in the a/c and the canopy frame was intact.
Various reasons were postulated as to why and how it could fired and whether the pilot had done anything sequence of actions that could have led to this eventuality.........