Britain's fighter aircraft F-35 could not fly even after 22 days, now preparations to airlift

The F-35B fighter jet of the British Royal Navy could not fly even after 22 days. Now preparations are underway to airlify Britain. At present, the fighter aircraft has been dropped from the Thiruvananthapuram Airport Complex. On 14 June, the emergency of this fighter aircraft was landing. Since then, the king of the sky was standing helpless at F-35 Thiruvananthapuram Airport.

Emergency landing was due to low fuel and bad weather. After the landing, the aircraft was found to be a defect of hydraulic system, due to which the aircraft could not take off. The technical team from Britain also could not fix this aircraft. If the website is not repaired, then it can be airlifted from cargo aircraft or C‑17 Globmaster and sent back to Britain.

#Watch Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala: Stranded F-35B British Fighter Jet Being Moved to the Hangar from its grounded position.

A team of technical experts on board the british Royal Air Force Airbus A400M Atlas Arrived at the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport to Assesses the pic.twitter.com/bl9pgrjzis

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Fighter aircraft took MRO

The aircraft stranded in Kerala was parked in Bay 4 of the airport to protect CISF. It was kept under CISF security. Initially, the British Royal Navy refused to take the aircraft to the MRO of Air India. However, he later allowed it. Currently, the aircraft has been taken to MRO (maintenance, repair, and overhall) from Thiruvananthapuram Airport.

Thiruvananthapuram has reached a team of experts

A 40 -member team of experts from Britain and America has reached Thiruvananthapuram to repair the aircraft. If the repair is not possible, the aircraft will be loaded into the goods carrier aircraft C-17 and sent back to Britain. F-35 is one of the world's most advanced stealth fighter jets. It uses intelligence stealth technology, sensor fusion, electronic warfare system and special composite materials.