Almost a month after the Royal Navy F-35 fighter flew from Thiruvananthapuram airport in Kerala to return home, another British fighter F-35 carried out an emergency landing at Kagoshima airport in southwestern Japan due to improperness, Kyodo News reported.
The report added that after an emergency landing of the British fighter aircraft of the British fighter F-35, several departures and commercial flights at the airport were influenced.
The track was also closed for about 20 minutes around 1:30 (local time). No injuries were reported in the incident.
The report mentioned that since August 4, the British forces have been doing a common drill with Japanese naval self -defense forces and American forces.
Previous incident:
On June 14th, a fighter aircraft of the Royal Navy F-35 was diverted at Thiruvananthapuram Airport in Kerala and subsequently developed serious engineering problems.
The Fighter F-35 was diverted from the Royal Navy HMS Prince of Wales due to bad weather and low fuel. Reported hydraulic failure. British engineers arrived at Thiruvananthapuram Airport to correct a mistake that included landing, brake and control problems.
His long -term stay caused a flood of memes on social media and was anchored for weeks.
The F-35B, built by Lockheed Martin, is considered one of the world’s most advanced and expensive fighter aircraft. Each costs over $ 115 million and is designed for short take -offs and vertical landing.
Spain excludes the purchase of F-35:
Reuters reported that Spain is no longer considering buying F-35 fighter aircraft from the US. It is selected between the European Eurofighter and the so -called future combat aerospace system (FCAS), said a spokesman for the Ministry of Defense on Wednesday.
The spokesman confirmed the earlier report of El Pais, which stated that the government had postponed plans to buy the F-35, produced by the American air giant Lockheed Martin.
The report added that although the Spanish government has allocated EUR 6.23 ($ 7.24 billion) in its budget by 2023, it is now planning to spend a majority of EUR 10.5 billion in Europe this year.
(Tagstotranslate) British F35B Fighter Jet (T) Royal Navy
