pilot survived and this is great news.
a human is irreplaceable.
whereas in Pakistan the PAF crashes involve certain deaths of the pilots and PAF gives away a ready made statement that the pilot had the chance to bail out but he chose to keep flying the aircraft away from populated area until it was too late to bail out and died with thee plane.
@MastanKhan might know about this press release which I always find hard to believe, ok maybe it will be true 2 out of 10 times but not always. I am not suggesting that every PAF crash that involves the death of the pilots is suspicious but given the almost next to no record of successful bailing out one is forced to dismiss the PAF erady made statement that has been used for decades
so wtf am I getting at? maybe some or all of the following
some cover up of events leading to crash
lax, insufficient checks re maintenance
obnoxious leadership that refuses to accept the issue with old platforms
pilot error, lack of training or over confidence by putting the (mostly older) jets in a manoeuvres that cant be pulled off safely.