if there’s nothing but a last received ping location, then it could be a managed blackout of a crash with injuries or worse.
i’m not sure if military aircraft even have ELTs. maybe they have a military version which operates in a different mode due to the possibility of location detection by a possible enemy.
All of these news stories saying that they found the aircraft, then saying something like they are looking for the crew, are starting to really piss me off, seeing how they have not found the a/c, but are using the ping’s last known location as a substitute for finding the a/c.
It’s an indictment of the current state of affairs of journalism in general. RANK!