According to an NTSB report, it’s not clear whether or why the back-seater in a Mig-23UB ejected the pair before the fighter crashed at an airshow in Michigan.
A preliminary report found that the pilot of a fighter jet that crashed during the Thunder Over Michigan Air Show was trying to land the plane when the backseater likely pulled the ejection handle.
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