Soon after taking off on 'routine exercise' from the Royal Navy's flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier, the F-35B Lightning (file image) ditched into the sea and a rescue team was sent out to recover the pilot
* An RAF pilot was forced to eject over the Mediterranean, sending £100million stealth jet crashing into the sea
* F-35B Lightning ditched into sea soon after taking off from Navy's HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier
* By plunging into international waters, the crash triggered a scramble to recover the next-generation jet
* The operation, shrouded in secrecy, is understood to involve divers and miniature submarines
* Jet's technology allows it to fly 'unseen' in hostile territory at supersonic speeds
Royal Navy submarines are racing against the Russians to recover a crashed £100million jet with top secret technology from the bottom of the Mediterranean.
An RAF pilot was forced to eject from his F-35B Lightning as it ditched into the sea soon after taking off on 'routine exercise' from the Navy's flagship aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth.
The aircraft was one of eight UK fast-jets onboard, along with 10 US aircraft.
By plunging into international waters, the crash triggered a scramble to find the next-generation jet from the sea bed before it could be reached by Russia. It s thought to be the first time an F35-B has crashed in such an area.
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WNU Editor: The UK is asking for help to recover this lost F-35 .... UK calls on US for help in search and salvage of RAF F35 stealth jet in race against Russia to locate wreck at bottom of Mediterranean 24 hours after crash (Daily Mail).
More News On The Rush To Recover Crashed £100m F-35 Fighter Jet
Royal Navy and US salvage team work to recover F-35 which crashed in Mediterranean -- The Independent
UK F-35 Crash Triggers Race With Russia To Recover Underwater Wreckage -- Forbes
Royal Navy submarines in underwater race against Russians to recover crashed jet -- Express
Royal Navy in race against Russians to recover crashed F-35 jet from sea floor -- Mirror
Rush to rescue crashed Navy fighter jet from sea ‘before Russians reach it’ -- Metro
4 comments:
The tech can't be that sacred. They were going to sell the jets to
Turkey, and are selling them to the UAE
Sounds like a job for Dirk Pitt. The RN doesn't have any ships left so rely on the USN. Keep ducking 🙈
The USN should assist.
Man I miss the older versions of those books.
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