Well, I’m glad it isn’t more serious.
“Safety concerns” — that’s rather laughable given that it is the world’s #1 killing machine. Kind of like the argument for “safe bullets.”
Cheap Chinese replacement part?
A quick internet search seems to indicate that a crew has only had to eject one time; of the 6 crew on the plane, 3 survived. (Two of the dead didn’t have ejection seats.)
“All of the U.S. B1 Bombers had been grounded for the last several months as their ejection seats were reviewed. Several planes did have some minor maintenance issues, but all of the planes are back on duty.”
Air Force Ping.