The F-35B fighter Jet of the British Royal Navy made an emergency landing on 14 June at the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport in Kerala and the malfunction in the aircraft has not been removed even after 19 days. Now information has been revealed from sources that the fighter jet will be taken back to Britain via military cargo aircraft.
The aircraft failure could not get away
Despite many attempts to fix the aircraft in Kerala, the stealth fighter of Fifth Generation is still standing on the ground due to the flaw of jet engineering. Sources associated with the case have confirmed that all efforts to prepare the aircraft to fly again have proved to be a failure. In such a situation, there is no other way left other than taking the aircraft into pieces.
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Apart from continuous delays, no engineering team from the United Kingdom has reached India yet. Sources said that a group of thirty engineers was expected to reach Thiruvananthapuram for repair, but they have not yet reached.
Jet will now go back into pieces
Due to no timeline for the return of the aircraft, British officials are now working on alternative schemes to bring back the aircraft. Partly breaking the aircraft, ie dismantling, has emerged as the best option to take back the aircraft from the perspective of military transport.
According to reports, Britain is now considering taking back this fighter jet in the C-17 globalmaster aircraft, which will be a different step for this aircraft. Preparations are underway to open the aircraft’s parts and take them back safely through globemaster.
Emergency landing took place at the airport
The HMS Prince of Wales Career Strike Group was operating 100 knots away from the coast of F-35B Kerala, when the aircraft was landed at Thiruvananthapuram Airport under emergency due to bad weather and lack of fuel. The Indian Air Force helped in safe landing and helped to deliver the logistics.
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However, when the fighter aircraft was preparing to return to its aircraft career, hydraulic failure was detected during the pre -tackoff investigation. This problem is considered serious as it can safely affect the ability of jet to fly and land. A small Royal Navy team with three technicians tried to fix the malfunction, but due to the complexity of the problem they did not succeed.
Why is F-35 jet special?
Fighter jet has been parked at Bay-4 of the airport under tight security of CISF. Initially, the Royal Navy rejected the Air India’s proposal to take Jet to the hangar, despite the monsoon rains in Kerala. Later, the British Navy agreed to take Jet to the hangar.
F-35 is counted among the most expensive and advanced fighter jets in the world. The fifth generation stealth means that these aircraft avoiding radar mainly make the American company Lockheed Martin. These fighter jets are known for their high -tech stealth design, radar and data fusion systems, which have the ability to defeat the enemy in war. The price of an aircraft is $ 110 million i.e. around 950 crores.
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