There is no indication he had control issues.
I do wonder why they didn’t eject near the apex of the climb. My understanding of training in the Tutor with an engine failure on takeoff is to zoom climb to get altitude, eject, and do not worry about where the plane is going to end up, as it takes time you likely don’t have. I wonder if he thought he might be able to get back to the airport (an understandable, yet incorrect action) but obviously wasn’t able to make it.
But of course it is easy to think about it after the fact and dissect it, when a person is faced with a critical and grave situation with seconds to react, it is an extremely challenging event.
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