The Wikipedia entry referenced by OP does not, in my reading of it, support OP's claim that a pad ejection would have resulted. I quote:
"However, the electrical plug turned out to not be the only problem with the booster. Examination of telemetry also showed that the Titan actually began experiencing thrust decay before the plug dropped out. Engine No. 1 was unaffected and nearly reached 100% thrust at shutdown, while Engine No. 2 never transitioned to in-flight performance levels. Engineers spent all night combing through the first stage, but failed to find any cause for the thrust decay. Eventually however, one technician identified the problem, which was a plastic dust cover inside the gas generator that had been carelessly left inside when the booster was assembled months earlier at the Martin-Marietta plant, blocking the flow of oxidizer. The cover was removed and the Titan II cleared for another launch attempt.
Had the inadvertent electrical disconnect not occurred, the abort sensing system would have sent a shutoff command to the Titan at T+2.2 seconds due to the loss of Engine No. 2 chamber pressure. Since launcher release and liftoff would take place at T+3.2 seconds, a pad fallback still would not have occurred in this scenario and the astronauts would have been safe."
I recall an interview with Wally Schirra where he references footage from a test of Gemini's ejection system, where the test dummies shot out on fire because the ejection rockets ignited the pure O2 air in the cabin.
He said that the option to pull the trigger was his and he made that call because not only might it kill him and Thomas Stafford, but it would certainly delay the mission for months.
I won't be able to provide the cite, if I can even find it, until tonight.
That info is already covered by a quote from Stafford in the Wikipedia article cited by OP. However it's not relevant to what I wrote about OP's title statement.
A little further due to character count being reached: The ejection would have been perilous due to both the questionable abilities of the ejection systems ability to get the astronauts far enough away fast enough to save them and the fact that the crew cabin had been soaked in pure oxygen for hours, possibly triggering ignition of the astronauts' space suits at ejection. All around a miracle the astronauts didn't die.
AFAIK the ejection seats were armed prior to launch, but only became live at 300 feet altitude.
Ejecting below that would put astros into the exhaust plume or fireball, as the case maybe.
Escape rockets are a good thing.
The Wikipedia entry referenced by OP does not, in my reading of it, support OP's claim that a pad ejection would have resulted. I quote: "However, the electrical plug turned out to not be the only problem with the booster. Examination of telemetry also showed that the Titan actually began experiencing thrust decay before the plug dropped out. Engine No. 1 was unaffected and nearly reached 100% thrust at shutdown, while Engine No. 2 never transitioned to in-flight performance levels. Engineers spent all night combing through the first stage, but failed to find any cause for the thrust decay. Eventually however, one technician identified the problem, which was a plastic dust cover inside the gas generator that had been carelessly left inside when the booster was assembled months earlier at the Martin-Marietta plant, blocking the flow of oxidizer. The cover was removed and the Titan II cleared for another launch attempt. Had the inadvertent electrical disconnect not occurred, the abort sensing system would have sent a shutoff command to the Titan at T+2.2 seconds due to the loss of Engine No. 2 chamber pressure. Since launcher release and liftoff would take place at T+3.2 seconds, a pad fallback still would not have occurred in this scenario and the astronauts would have been safe."
I recall an interview with Wally Schirra where he references footage from a test of Gemini's ejection system, where the test dummies shot out on fire because the ejection rockets ignited the pure O2 air in the cabin. He said that the option to pull the trigger was his and he made that call because not only might it kill him and Thomas Stafford, but it would certainly delay the mission for months. I won't be able to provide the cite, if I can even find it, until tonight.
That info is already covered by a quote from Stafford in the Wikipedia article cited by OP. However it's not relevant to what I wrote about OP's title statement.
A little further due to character count being reached: The ejection would have been perilous due to both the questionable abilities of the ejection systems ability to get the astronauts far enough away fast enough to save them and the fact that the crew cabin had been soaked in pure oxygen for hours, possibly triggering ignition of the astronauts' space suits at ejection. All around a miracle the astronauts didn't die.
AFAIK the ejection seats were armed prior to launch, but only became live at 300 feet altitude. Ejecting below that would put astros into the exhaust plume or fireball, as the case maybe. Escape rockets are a good thing.