[MarMema]

I read that the pilot left it on auto pilot when he bailed.

[MV=PY]

"I read that the pilot left it on auto pilot when he bailed."

I wonder what else the pilot would do. I hope it was pointed at some large open country somewhere.

[srmanuel]

My question is assuming the pilot left autopilot turned on why did he eject or as others have pointed out was he ejected automatically without the pilot pulling the handle

All I know is it seems very odd a pilot would eject from a 100 million dollar plane and the plane kept flying and the military had no idea where the plane was for some amount of time