After recent improvements to the Pavia model of two-nucleon knockout from 16 O with electromagnetic probes the calculated cross sections are compared to experimental data from such reactions. Comparison with data from a measurement of the 16 O(e,e ′ pn) reaction show much better agreement between experiment and theory than was previously observed. In a comparison with recent data from a measurement of the 16 O(γ,pn) reaction the model over-predicts the measured cross section at low missing momentum. PACS. 21.30.Fe Forces in hadronic systems and effective interactions -21.60.-n Nuclear structure models and methods -25.20.Lj Photoproduction reactions -25.30.Fj Inelastic electron scattering to continuum