Latest word is that it was a 2-seater, both ejected safely. Boy are they going to feel like crap for anybody dead on the ground. (Since it crashed into buildings, it’s hard to believe nobody got hurt, but I’m sure hoping.)
Unless they had absolutely no control of the plane at all, weren't they obligated to stay with it and make sure that it DIDN'T hit something like it did?
Many years ago at the Niagara Falls AFB there was a flight show, either Blue Angels or Thunderbirds, I don't recall which one. There was a malfunction in one of the planes and the pilot chose to stay with the plane and land it in a controlled crash away from the crowd instead of ejecting and having the possibility of it landing IN the crowd.
The decision cost him his life, but he gave it to likely spare others.
Is this not what they're trained or expected to do?