The visit of Prince Charles of Wales to the aircraft carrier of the British Navy HMS Queen Elizabeth during the Middle East tour of the heir to the throne has been canceled.
This is reported by the British newspaper Bristol Post.
The reason for making changes to the schedule of the Crown Prince was the crash earlier in the Eastern Mediterranean of the fifth-generation fighter F-35, which took off from the flagship of the British Fleet. The combat vehicle fell into the Mediterranean Sea. The pilot managed to eject.
The F-35 fighter-bombers, the cost of each of which is estimated at about 100 million pounds, are based on the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth worth 3 billion pounds, the newspaper notes.
"The pilot was safely returned to the ship, an investigation began. It is inappropriate to make further comments at this time," the UK Defense Ministry said.
