Agreed, we don’t know the issue that caused the pilot to eject (or the “auto-eject” system to engage). I am just pointing out that all the references to “auto-pilot” being engaged are speculation as the jet will continue to fly straight and level w/o the AP turned on. Most military planes fly with ADS-B turned off so “flight tracker” websites aren’t helpful in tracking the aircraft after the ejection, but there should be plenty of radar tracking data available. Moot point now since they found it.
This particular incident happened in Georgia what happens if the same incident happens in Ukraine and the jet flies into Russia before crashing or China or worse Iran, an adversary who could gain a lot of valuable intelligence from a downed American fighter jet