I agree that a few of the "successful ejections" did end in tragedy with the
pilot or crew member impacting objects. I presume they mean that the seat
worked as advertised to get the pilot out but once out other circumstances came
into play. There was the sad case when a two seat Jaguar sliced through a civil
aircraft that was flying in a restricted area. The wing came away. Both crew
ejected "successfully" - one survived - the other came out of the aircraft as
the wingless aircraft rolled and he ejected at about 200ft straight downwards
and didn't survive.

Mike Bennett
Project: Get Out and Walk