The carrier-based fighter F-35 of the British Air Force, which took off from the aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth, fell into the Mediterranean Sea as a result of the accident. This is reported by the Ministry of Defense of the Kingdom. The pilot managed to eject.
The investigation of the disaster continues.
Recall that this is not the first time that the F-35B carrier-based fighter, which took off from the aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth, gets into an emergency. So on November 7, 2020, the US F-35B gave a signal in the air about an "emergency situation" on board. After that, he made an emergency landing at an airbase of the Royal Air Force of Great Britain.
In total, in 2020, fifth-generation F-35 fighters were in an emergency four times. There were three such incidents in 2021. Moreover, on July 13, two American F-35B fighters were hit by lightning at once.
Oleg Koryakin (Kazan)
